Approval and Flak

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Approval noun - An acceptance of something as satisfactory.

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Flak is an antonym for approval.

Flak noun - Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.

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Approval is an antonym for flak in topics: complaint, praise.

high	high approval	high flak
full	full approval	full flak
similar	similar approval	similar flak
heavy	heavy approval	heavy flak
Other adjectives: constant, severe, serious, little, major, less, verbal, wide.

Batman: Arkham Origins gets a lot of flak from the fanbase for, among other things being too similar to Batman: Arkham City, sometimes even calling it a rip-off, despite WBM having Rocksteady's full approval, and some consider it to be non-canon for it's supposed horribleness.

Source: Critical Backlash

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