[noun] [C] - a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a tendency or recent events in society or politicsThe new President encouraged the backlash against 'moral laxity'.The accident has provoked/produced a backlash among local people who claim that the road is dangerous.
BACKLASH
Meaning of BACKLASH in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012