backlashnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæk.læʃ/us/ˈbæk.læʃ/a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change or recent events in society or politics:
the 60s backlash against bourgeois materialism
the backlash against feminism
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reacting and responding
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- countermeasure
- greet
- knob
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- responsive
- rise
- rise to the occasion/challenge idiom
- sensitive
- shock wave
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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