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counteraction|kaʊntərˈækʃən|
[n. of action f. counteract v.]
1. Adverse or contrary action, action in opposition to action, resistance.
1750Johnson Rambler No. 29 ⁋8 A temper..which..fills him with perpetual stratagems of counteraction. 1751― ibid. No. 168 ⁋5 From the counteraction of the words to the idea. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 50 That opposition of interests..that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world [etc.]. 1800Wellington in Owen Desp. 690 You will exclude from the public records every indication of jealousy and counteraction. 1862Ruskin Unto this Last 71 The action and counteraction of wealth and poverty.
2. The counteracting or neutralizing of any action or tendency.
1790H. More Relig. Fash. World (1791) 142 People whose whole life..is one continued counteraction of the principles in which they have probably been bred. 1808Ann. Reg. 1806, 917 It afforded the best counteraction of the turbulent spirit of reform. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 34 Instincts which, if left without counteraction, would naturally lead to isolation.
3. A counteracting influence or force.
1822Coleridge Lett., Convers. &c. II. 91 If instead of a Helpmate we take an Obstacle, a daily counteraction. 1842Manning Serm. (1848) I. 230 The fretting of little daily counter-actions. |