WHITELASH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

Synonyms:

white backlash; whitelash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("whitelash" is a kind of...):

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

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