🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

reazione iniziale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: re-a-tzi-o-ne i-ni-zia-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Initial Reaction/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl riˈæk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sua reazione iniziale è stata di sorpresa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The first immediate response, emotion, or opinion expressed upon experiencing or learning about something.

    "Her initial reaction to the surprising news was pure disbelief."
  2. 2

    An instinctive or reflex behavioral output that occurs immediately after a specific event takes place.

    "His initial reaction was to duck and cover when he heard the loud crash."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'initial', derived from the Latin 'initialis' meaning 'of the beginning' (from 'initium' meaning 'entrance or beginning'), and 'reaction', formed from the Latin 're-' (back, against) and 'actio' (an action or doing). Together, it emerged in modern English contexts to describe the first immediate behavioral or emotional response to a stimulus or event.

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