WHITE BACKLASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white backlash mean? 

• WHITE BACKLASH (noun)
  The noun WHITE BACKLASH has 1 sense:

1. backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

  Familiarity information: WHITE BACKLASH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE BACKLASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

white backlash; whitelash

Hypernyms ("white backlash" is a kind of...):

backlash (an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence)