CONDITIONAL REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conditional reaction mean? 

• CONDITIONAL REACTION (noun)
  The noun CONDITIONAL REACTION has 1 sense:

1. an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus

  Familiarity information: CONDITIONAL REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDITIONAL REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

acquired reflex; conditional reaction; conditional reflex; conditional response; conditioned reaction; conditioned reflex; conditioned response

Hypernyms ("conditional reaction" is a kind of...):

learned reaction; learned response (a reaction that has been acquired by learning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conditional reaction"):

conditioned avoidance; conditioned avoidance response (a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus)