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swingback

[ swing-bak ]

noun

  1. (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology:

    We must fight any swingback to isolationism.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of swingback1

First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase swing back

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