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backlash
[ bak-lash ]
noun
- 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.
- the space between the thickness of a gear tooth and the width of the space between teeth in the mating gear, designed to allow for a film of lubricant, binding from heat expansion and eccentricity, or manufacturing inaccuracies.
- play or lost motion between loosely fitting machine parts.
- Angling. a snarled line on a reel, usually caused by a faulty cast.
verb (used without object)
- to make or undergo a backlash.
backlash
/ 藞产忙办藢濒忙蕛 /
noun
- a reaction or recoil between interacting worn or badly fitting parts in a mechanism
- the play between parts
- a sudden and adverse reaction, esp to a political or social development
a public backlash against the government is inevitable
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Example Sentences
With the rise of environmental awareness in the 1960s and '70s 鈥 Rachel Carson鈥檚 鈥淪ilent Spring,鈥 the backlash to pesticides, the fallout from industrial agriculture 鈥 processed foods became suspect.
Critics say his claims about savings appear to be inflated and he has faced a backlash for blunt cuts at government departments that were later reversed, including firings of key federal workers.
It came amid other hints of de-escalation in Trump's economic rhetoric as his policies, especially trade tariffs, have faced rising political and business backlash.
The initiative came as South Africa faced a backlash from then-US President Joe Biden's administration, which questioned its professed neutrality in the conflict after it held a naval exercise with Russia and China.
It follows Microsoft's Recall feature, which was an always-on tool - before the firm faced a backlash and decided to allow people to disable it.
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