frontlash

The English word “frontlash” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.

Etymology

Blend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The word is still mainly used in reference to that Act.

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