Greenlash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Greenlash is a noun meaning (informal) A backlash against environmental concerns.
Meaning
(informal) A backlash against environmental concerns.
Example Sentences
Spain knows it has a problem. In a time of right-wing opposition to Europe’s environment-protecting Green Deal regulations — “greenlash,” it has been called — the progressive government of Spain has embraced an ecological transition.
Unlike in many countries in Europe, where motorists, farmers and rightwing groups have been driving anti-climate action, the UK has long enjoyed a comfortable political consensus on the subject. But conditions for a greenlash are assembling.
As EU countries such as Spain, Slovakia and Poland prepare for elections later this year, and with European parliament elections in 2024, there is a real risk that rightwing, populist parties will latch on to the “greenlash” and surge back in the polls.
Word Forms
- greenlashes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include white-lash, whitelash, backlasher, wokelash, environazi, antienvironmentalism.
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