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- noun Plural form of
counterreaction .
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Examples
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With the potential for X-Men activities to catalyze human counterreactions that could plausibly lead to the end of mutantkind, Cyclops assembles a mutant special-operations team, led in the field by Wolverine, for missions that require plausible deniability by the X-Men.
I’m Hiding In The Shadows And I’m Right Behind You | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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It can be very interesting to focus on those counterreactions; it can generate fascinating, eye-grabbing journalism.
Contrarianism: Die When You Die When You Die You’re Gonna DIE* | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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His therapist perceived these views as symptoms and, more easily than might be anticipated, contained and managed counterreactions, given her genuine curiosity and need to understand the etiology of this virulent vicious prejudice.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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In addition, the charisma and reckless verve that accompany the acting out of primitive emotions exacerbate the extremely negative counterreactions and countertransference responses to these adolescents.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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The management of counterreactions and countertransference responses is taxing, as discussed above.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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All over the blogosphere is the speech President Bush made to the Knesset concerning the dangers of appeasement, and the counterreactions Obama and many of the Democrats have been furiously issuing. what’s amusing is that President Bush mentioned no current Democrats by name, he only spoke of historical truths.
Strange How They’re Reacting As If Guilty…. « Tai-Chi Policy 2008
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But in the overwhelming majority of cases, the counterreactions aren’t as big as the first-order effects of the solutions.
Contrarianism: Die When You Die When You Die You’re Gonna DIE* | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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Clinicians’ countertransference and counterreactions are inevitable and can prove to be important assessment tools, reflecting, in part, the degree of primitive regression in the teenager and the shifts and changes of tone and emotional attitude in the professional relationship.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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Some clinicians would make distinctions along Giovacchini’s spectrum, and designate reality-oriented factors as counterreactions, and those that emanate out of unconscious primary process variables as countertransference.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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