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WHITELASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whitelash mean?
• WHITELASH (noun)
The noun WHITELASH has 1 sense:
1. backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances
Familiarity information: WHITELASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
white backlash; whitelash
Hypernyms ("whitelash" is a kind of...):
backlash (an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence)
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