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reactance  

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  • Definition Broadly, reactance refers to the idea that people become upset when their freedom is threatened or eliminated, so much so that they attempt to reassert their lost freedom. The theory is relevant to the idea that humans are motivated to possess and preserve as many options and choices as possible. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Reactance]

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