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noun
A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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.
