When many people react against something in the same way, you can call it a backlash. A backlash against government policies can result in mass protests.
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.
Noun
an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"
Noun
a movement back from an impact
Verb
have an unexpected and undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
n.
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.
Backlash
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.
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When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.
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