反動(はんどう)

はんどう
noun
reaction, recoil, backlash
1. recoil, reaction, backlash
A force or movement that occurs in response to a prior action, often in the opposite direction. Can be physical or metaphorical.
無理(むり)した反動(はんどう)で体調(たいちょう)を崩(くず)した。
I got sick as a backlash from overworking.
ダイエットの反動(はんどう)で食(た)べ過(す)ぎた。
I overate as a rebound from dieting.
厳(きび)しい規制(きせい)の反動(はんどう)で、自由化(じゆうか)を求(もと)める声(こえ)が高(たか)まった。
As a backlash against strict regulations, calls for liberalization grew louder.
2. reactionary (political)
In a political context, opposition to progress or reform, favoring a return to a previous state.
反動(はんどう)勢力(せいりょく)が台頭(たいとう)した。
Reactionary forces rose to prominence.
反動(はんどう)的(てき)な思想(しそう)に批判(ひはん)が集(あつ)まった。
Reactionary ideology drew criticism.
改革(かいかく)に対(たい)する反動(はんどう)として保守派(ほしゅは)が勢力(せいりょく)を伸(の)ばした。
As a reaction against reform, the conservatives expanded their influence.

USAGE: In everyday use, sense 1 is far more common. The pattern 〜の反動(はんどう)で (as a backlash/rebound from ~) is very frequent.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 〜の反動(はんどう)で: as a reaction/rebound from
  • 反動(はんどう)が来(く)る: to experience a rebound/backlash
  • 反動(はんどう)的(てき): reactionary
  • 反動(はんどう)勢力(せいりょく): reactionary forces
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