backlash
noun/ˈbæklæʃ/
/ˈbæklæʃ/
[singular]- a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
- backlash (from somebody) The government is facing an angry backlash from voters over the new tax.
- They face a backlash from shareholders.
- backlash (against something) There was a conservative backlash against the feminism of the 80s.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conservative
- anti-American
- anti-feminist
- …
- cause
- create
- engender
- …
- backlash against
- backlash from
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