0 the action of reacting in an extreme, especially an angry or frightened, way:
The newspaper accused everyone of hysterical overreaction.
This chronic disease is characterized by an overreaction of the immune system to protein substances.
The ban is an absurd overreaction to a problem that can be solved with simple measures.
In other words, potential targets dwell on the possibility of overreaction by the diverter.
It is possible that glucocorticoid hypofunction in antisocial children enhances their stress reactions, resulting in an overreaction that leads to abnormal aggression.
It is now widely accepted that the overreaction of the host to microbial pathogens occurs at the level of the innate immune system, which is the nonspecific branch of immunity.
Sometimes it looks as though there has been an overreaction when something goes wrong, and that there has been a compensation in the other direction.
That should be a considerable reassurance to the public, in avoiding the sort of overreaction about which we are concerned.
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