hyperreact
English
editEtymology
editFrom hyper- + react. Attested since the 20th century.
Verb
edithyperreact (third-person singular simple present hyperreacts, present participle hyperreacting, simple past and past participle hyperreacted)
- Synonym of overreact
- 1985, Erik Arnold, Competition and Technological Change in the Television Industry:
- Where profits are limited under the regulatory contract, the 'utility' tends to hypercontrol of the market and hyperreact against new entry.