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Definition of Counteraction
1. Noun. Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.
Generic synonyms: Nullification, Override
Derivative terms: Counteract, Neutralise, Neutralize, Neutralize
Definition of Counteraction
1. n. Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
Definition of Counteraction
1. Noun. An act of retaliation; a counterattack ¹
2. Noun. Any action in opposition to a previous action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counteraction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counteraction
Literary usage of Counteraction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genesis of Art-form: An Essay in Comparative æsthetics Showing the by George Lansing Raymond (1893)
"ORDER, CONFUSION, counteraction, PRINCIPALITY, SUBORDINATION, ... in Poetry, in
Music, in the Arts of Sight—counteraction—Its Influence in Classification—In ..."
2. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"... and counteraction—Principality and Subordination—{Jalan Distinguished from
Complement and counteraction—Principality in Music and Poetry—Subordination ..."
3. A handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1873)
"... given dose of physostigma, the counteraction produced by a certain amount of
... substances such incompleteness of counteraction may exist as would even ..."
4. Getting the Most Out of Business: Observations of the Application of the by Elias St. Elmo Lewis (1919)
"Discipline by counteraction Very often one may operate on the old rule, ...
This is discipline by counteraction. Invariably when new assistants come into my ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1812)
"... themselves —С diz s ved, n'en in defiance of tht counteraction »f the Junta
by the Patriotism and Military Conduct of the Duie of ..."
6. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... no occa- •ion should be neglected, no indication slighted, no counteraction
omitted, which may contribute to accomplish so important an end. ..."
7. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1837)
"THE BEST MEANS OF counteraction. DELUSION cannot last for ever. The moral character
and tendency of war are now frequently presented. ..."
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