Counteractive

"Four experiments show that when consumers encounter temptations that conflict with their long-term goals, one self-control mechanism is to exaggerate the negativity of the temptation as a way to resist, a process we call counteractive construal," wrote the researchers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My problem is that every program, every thing that the progressive movement is responsible for is counteractive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But all throughout the month, gas prices continued to recede from their earlier highs, which had a counteractive effect on public opinion about the economy -- especially after Obama announced he was going to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help fight speculators driving the price up on the oil markets. ❋ Chris Weigant (2011)

For every dream of unfettered longing a counteractive impulse seems sooner or later to assert itself: the restless scratch of observation, which snags on real things and difficult "wretched ordinariness". ❋ Unknown (2011)

“His opposition to Jackson,” wrote Adams, “is now involuntary, and mere counteractive.” ❋ Robert W. Merry (2009)

Bad asparagus is just counteractive to this plan — which is merely decorating some really fine specimen. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It will send a positive counteractive message and the burning will have the unintended result of exponentially increasing the number of Qurans in the country compared to however many are destroyed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather than accepting the inevitability of death by heart attack, you will want to be exceptionally cautious about diet and exercise, resisting your predisposition with intentional counteractive behavior. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well, your post would fall into that category, causing you (and me, for responding in kind) to be banned, as neither of us is discussing Lost at the moment, and are thus being ‘counteractive,’ as you put it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Whereas we seem to effortlessly generate irritation and anger, these virtuous actions of disclosure, contrition, reformed intention, and counteractive acts usually come from hard conscious effort. ❋ Dalai Lama (2009)

I was also accused of negative discrimination although the word negative is going to be changed to something less negative like counteractive! ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

Measuring the actual cost of what we do and offsetting that with reasonable counteractive measures makes the most sense. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here are some tips for diluting the counteractive attention that drifts down to our girls: Don't dissect and judge your body parts or those of other women in front of her, and don't do it to hers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A public health survey analyzed the effect that large-scale Tamiflu use would have, actually shows it counteractive to public health measures, making matters worse. ❋ Unknown (2007)