English-Swedish translations for reaction

• reaktion en
  Alltför snabba politiska reaktioner kommer sannolikt inte att leda till bra resultat.Fast policy reaction is likely to be a bad reaction.
  Jag är nyfiken på hans reaktion.I am curious to know his reaction.
  Vi måste nu vänta på Rysslands reaktion.We must now await Moscow's reaction.

Definition of reaction

• An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event
• A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition
• Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant

Examples

• The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.
• You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction?
• When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction.
• In this reaction, the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.

Related words

• reactionary
• abreaction
• half-reaction
• overreaction
• photoreaction
• cutireaction
• counterreaction
• reactionism
• neoreactionary