"frontlash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frontlashes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The word is still mainly used in reference to that Act. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|front|backlash}} Blend of front + backlash Head templates: {{en-noun}} frontlash (plural frontlashes)
  1. A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash. Wikipedia link: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson
    Sense id: en-frontlash-en-noun-TM43zT96 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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