backlash

1. A movement back from an impact (synset 107364792)
   is a type of: motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
   subtypes:

   • bounce, bouncing - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
   • resilience, resiliency - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
   • carom, ricochet - a glancing rebound
   same as: rebound, recoil, repercussion
2. An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence (synset 100203869)
   "there was a backlash of intolerance"
   is a type of: reaction - doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
   subtypes: white backlash, whitelash - backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

1. Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect (synset 202384041)
   "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
   is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
   same as: backfire, recoil

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