Voorbeelden van overreaction

• 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.