0 the action of reacting in an extreme, especially an angry or frightened, way: --
However, it would seem that this was an overreaction and that the area from which the population was resettled was too large.
That is a tremendous overreaction to a relatively simple problem to solve.
In my view, they may be an overreaction to a comparatively limited problem.
They will be subject to the most incredible overreaction by the government of the day.
But is that a true perception, or is it an overreaction?
We failed to see the likely reaction—or perhaps overreaction—to the results of the referendums.
A constituent of mine has had her business ruined by the county council's overreaction and has been brought to the door of bankruptcy.
As was said earlier, it has all the hallmarks of an overreaction.
