Frontlash

Quick meaning: Frontlash is a noun meaning A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

In his keynote, John Paul Hudson condemned the "glossy commercialism" of David Goodstein and the Advocate, which he said was part of a gay media "backlash" -- while the anti-gay "frontlash" against gays continues.

When a president uses expansive powers and his policy works, he may benefit from a frontlash effect: the successful assertion of power will not only yield political dividends, it will also strengthen the office of the presidency itself.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include countermovement, countersupport, traction, wokelash, counter-opposition, counterrestoration.

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