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backlash
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun backlash has 2 senses
- backlash(n = noun.event) rebound, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact; Array is a kind of motion, movement
- backlash(n = noun.act) Array - an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" is a kind of reaction
has particulars: bounce, bouncing, resilience, resiliency, carom, ricochet
has particulars: white backlash, whitelash
Derived form verb backlash1
Verb backlash has 1 sense
- backlash(v = verb.social) backfire, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Derived form noun backlash2
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
backlash, n. [Back, adv. + lash.].
- The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion. [1913 Webster]
- A strong and sudden reverse movement in a moving part of a machine. [PJC]
- A strong popular reaction serving to counter the effect of an action; -- used especially of adverse reactions to social or political developments. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
backlash, n.
1 an excessive or marked adverse reaction.
2 a a sudden recoil or reaction between parts of a mechanism. b excessive play between such parts.
1 an excessive or marked adverse reaction.
2 a a sudden recoil or reaction between parts of a mechanism. b excessive play between such parts.
THESAURUS
backlash
antagonism, antipathy, backfire, backlashing, backwash, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, carom, clashing, clout, collision, conflict, confutation, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrecoup, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness, crotchetiness, dissent, force, friction, impact, impress, impression, imprint, interference, kick, kick back, kickback, mark, nonconformity, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, perverseness, print, reaction, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitration, recoil, reflex, renitency, repercussion, repugnance, repulse, resilience, resistance, response, revolt, ricochet, spring, swimming upstream
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