backlash
noun
1 backlash
A movement back from an impact.
synonyms: rebound, recoil, repercussion.
2 backlash
An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence.
verb
1 backlash
Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect:
— The political movie backlashed on the Democrats.
Moby thesaurus: antagonism, antipathy, backfire, backlashing, backwash, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, carom, clashing, clout, collision, conflict, confutation, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrecoup, counteraction ... show more.
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