1. An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
   "there was a backlash of intolerance"
    
2. A movement back from an impact
   "The force of the explosion caused a violent backlash";
   - recoil, repercussion, rebound

1. Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
   "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats";
   - backfire, recoil

Derived forms: backlashes, backlashed, backlashing

Type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, motion, movement, occur, pass, pass off, reaction, take place

Encyclopedia: Backlash