REACTANCE

Reactance

Reactance is a motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when a person feels that someone or something is taking away his or her choices or limiting the range of alternatives.

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reactance

Noun

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  1. The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance.
  2. An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.


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