counterreaction

Related to counterreaction: phenakism

counterreaction

(ˈkaʊntərɪˌækʃən)
n
a reaction against an initial action
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counterreaction

n. reacción opuesta; reacción en contra de.
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This has caused a counterreaction in urban Canada, which has basically rendered the idea of a Canadian identity based in a peoplehood untenable.
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None of this is to say that heads of government and top officials should muzzle public opinion or suppress their own views about Trump just to avoid a negative counterreaction. Social media channels, especially Twitter, are now a recognised platform for world leaders, policy planners and decision makers to sound off without fear or favour on matters of national and global importance.
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The US's counterreaction to the Pakistani reaction has been cautious and emphasised other, positive aspects of the call between Secretary Pompeo and Prime Minister Khan.
The counterreaction seems a by-product of the further gulf between the rich and poor classes, growth of a massive abused underclass, increased power and luxury for the rich who control politics and their minions in the media.
The counterreaction came Monday, as Iraqi troops, backed by Shiite militias, took control of a key military base and oil fields in the region around Kirkuk, an area controlled by the Kurdish peshmerga militias but claimed by Baghdad.
Thus, Democrats' 21-point increase since 2003 in belief in the media's accuracy may be a recent counterreaction to Trump's criticism of mainstream media, reflecting a renewed appreciation for the press.
Perhaps it was as a counterreaction to this growing
Part I explains the transition from Berle and Means's trust paradigm, to the rise of contractarianism, to the eventual counterreaction against contractarianism.
But every tendency produces a counterreaction. And the sheer variedness of downtown culture encouraged a kind of retribalization, as well as the emergence of music-based identity politics.
The counterreaction to the perceived failures of Woodrow Wilson's liberal internationalism precipitated a reappraisal of the term in London during the 1920s and 1930s, with it coming to be seen more positively as a steady adjustment to facts, as opposed to Wilson's starry-eyed idealism.