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OVERREACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overreaction mean?
• OVERREACTION (noun)
The noun OVERREACTION has 1 sense:
1. an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior
Familiarity information: OVERREACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("overreaction" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Derivation:
overreact (show an exaggerated response to something)
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