reaction
English
/ɹiˈækʃən/
noun
Definitions
- An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
- (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.
- (politics) Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant.
Etymology
Suffix from English react root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- act English
- alloreaction English
- ambiguous English
- autoreact English
- back English
- backreact English
- backreaction English
- bioreaction English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- countergesture English
- counterreaction English
- crossreact English
- crossreaction English
- digester English
- dispose English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- gravireaction English
- hyperreact English
- hyperreaction English
- immunoreact English
- immunoreaction English
- interreact English
- interreaction English
- macroreaction English
- microreaction English
- nonreaction English
- overreact English
- overreaction English
- photoreaction English
- polyreaction English
- postreaction English
- react English
- reactable English
- reactance English
- reacter English
- reactional English
- reactionism English
- reactionist English
- reactionless English
- reactionlessness English
- reactionware English
- reactionwise English
- reactive English
- reactogenic English
- reactome English
- reactor English
- seroreaction English
- squatter English
- squattocracy English
- subreaction English
- suggest English
- triboreaction English
- underreact English
- underreaction English
- xenoreaction English
- actio Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agēns Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dispositiōnem Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- praegero Latin
- progero Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- réactionnaire French
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- オーバーリアクション Japanese
- リアクション Japanese
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- disposisyon Cebuano
- reaksyon Cebuano
- akta Indonesian
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- ág Old Irish
- disposition Middle French
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agnus Lithuanian
- *aja- fiu-pro
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian
- act
- back
- react
- egest
- egesta
- reactor
- reacter
- gestate
- suggest
- dispose
- gesture
- egestive
- chastise
- reactive
- digester
- egestion
- squatter
- reactome
- gestural
- backreact
- reactance
- autoreact
- reactable
- overreact
- ambiguous
- gestation
- interreact
- hyperreact
- reactional
- underreact
- congestive
- cogitabund
- crossreact
- reactionism
- subreaction
- reactionist
- nonreaction
- immunoreact
- gesturalism
- gestureless
- reactogenic
- bioreaction
- gesturelike
- squattocracy
- xenoreaction
- postreaction
- chastisement
- reactionware
- polyreaction
- reactionwise
- backreaction
- seroreaction
- reactionless
- overreaction
- alloreaction
- gesticulation
- gravireaction
- interreaction
- gesticulative
- photoreaction
- crossreaction
- underreaction
- macroreaction
- microreaction
- hyperreaction
- triboreaction
- immunoreaction
- countergesture
- counterreaction
- reactionlessness