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misreact

verb

Etymology

From mis- + react.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from ācta
  3. derived from acte
  4. inherited from acte
  5. prefixed as react — “re + act”
  6. prefixed as misreact — “mis + react”

Definitions

  1. To react inappropriately.

    • According to Peter Griffin, Hemingway's naturalized conception of homosexuals was based on their “tendency to overreact or, better, to misreact, because their emotions were somehow short-circuited."
    • From neuropsychological research, we knowthat the traumatized brain houses inscrutable eccentricities that cause it to overreact—or, more precisely,misreact—to the current realities of life.
    • David–Veronesi suggest that the features that they highlight imply the possibility that option prices misreact to changes in stock prices.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA