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Bookmark or Share- BACKLASH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarya 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Reacting and responding. act on something. adverse reaction. bat something back. bite back (at someone/something)
- BACKLASH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionarya strong, negative reaction to something, esp. to change: The mayor foresaw no political backlash against his proposal. (Definition of backlash from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of backlash. backlash. She recalls the backlash from co-workers at her second job as a hotel hostess.
- BACKLASH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil. a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change: a backlash of angry feeling among Southern conservatives within the party. Machinery.
- Backlash - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comnoun. an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence. “there was a backlash of intolerance”. see more. verb. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. synonyms: backfire, recoil. see more. Pronunciation.
- Backlash Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : a sudden violent backward movement or reaction. b. : the play between adjacent movable parts (as in a series of gears) also : the jar caused by this when the parts are put into action. 2. : a snarl in that part of a fishing line wound on the reel. 3. : a strong adverse reaction (as to a recent political or social development)
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