reactance
noun
re·ac·tance
rē-ˈak-tən(t)s 
: the part of the impedance of an alternating-current circuit that is due to capacitance or inductance or both and that is expressed in ohms
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Communication scholars and health officials consider reactance when crafting public health campaigns.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
Reverse psychology is regularly used to spark reactance.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
This would be an embodiment of reactance theory.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 May 2021
That’s called psychological reactance.
—Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2020
In 1966, psychologist Jack Brehm suggested the theory of reactance.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
The reactance theory describes the unpleasant feeling that emerges when people experience a threat to behaving freely.
—Sahar Arshad, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2021
Their active-variable reactance rectifier puts magnetic plates beneath the vehicle that are connected to a power line.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
One way to counter such reactance is by changing the communication strategy.
—S. Shyam Sundar, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2021
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
Reverse psychology is regularly used to spark reactance.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
This would be an embodiment of reactance theory.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 May 2021
That’s called psychological reactance.
—Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2020
In 1966, psychologist Jack Brehm suggested the theory of reactance.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2022
The reactance theory describes the unpleasant feeling that emerges when people experience a threat to behaving freely.
—Sahar Arshad, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2021
Their active-variable reactance rectifier puts magnetic plates beneath the vehicle that are connected to a power line.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
One way to counter such reactance is by changing the communication strategy.
—S. Shyam Sundar, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2021
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reactance
noun
re·ac·tance
rē-ˈak-tən(t)s
: the part of the impedance of an alternating-current circuit that is due to capacitance or inductance or both and that is expressed in ohms
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