Backlash and Result

Backlash

Backlash noun - A movement back from an impact.

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Result and backlash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Result" instead a noun "Backlash".

Result noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Backlash and result are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backlash" instead a noun "Result".

Nearby Words: resultant, resulting, resulted

similar	similar backlash	similar result
common	common backlash	common result
total	total backlash	total result
initial	initial backlash	initial result
Other adjectives: obvious, real, successful, big, extreme, bad, potential, main, major, immediate, possible, apparent, unexpected, negative, further, inevitable, subsequent, expected, magical.

Most of the backlash aimed at this movie seems to be the result of Nostalgia Filter, as well as complaints about the film's MacGuffin being Science Fiction rather than a mystic/religious artifact.

Source: Critical Backlash
In Abhorsen, the only way to seal the Big Bad would result in the death of the caster of said seal thanks to a backlash effect and the Big Bad trying to take her with him.

Source: Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu
As a result, there was backlash in many of these countries against the more Japanese-inspired Godzilla (2014).

Source: Germans Love David Hasselhoff / Film

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