Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to counteract or oppose.
- noun One who or that which counteracts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, counteracts.
- adjective Tending to counteract.
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- adjective That
counteracts
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
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Examples
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"Four experiments show that when consumers encounter temptations that conflict with their long-term goals, one self-control mechanism is to exaggerate the negativity of the temptation as a way to resist, a process we call counteractive construal," wrote the researchers.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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But all throughout the month, gas prices continued to recede from their earlier highs, which had a counteractive effect on public opinion about the economy -- especially after Obama announced he was going to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help fight speculators driving the price up on the oil markets.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- June, 2011 Chris Weigant 2011
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My problem is that every program, every thing that the progressive movement is responsible for is counteractive.
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For every dream of unfettered longing a counteractive impulse seems sooner or later to assert itself: the restless scratch of observation, which snags on real things and difficult "wretched ordinariness".
Love in literature 2011
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My problem is that every program, every thing that the progressive movement is responsible for is counteractive.
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“His opposition to Jackson,” wrote Adams, “is now involuntary, and mere counteractive.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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“His opposition to Jackson,” wrote Adams, “is now involuntary, and mere counteractive.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Bad asparagus is just counteractive to this plan — which is merely decorating some really fine specimen.
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It will send a positive counteractive message and the burning will have the unintended result of exponentially increasing the number of Qurans in the country compared to however many are destroyed.
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It will send a positive counteractive message and the burning will have the unintended result of exponentially increasing the number of Qurans in the country compared to however many are destroyed.
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