Usually means: Resistance or opposition to change.
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  1. pushback: Merriam-Webster
  2. pushback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pushback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pushback, pushback: Wordnik
  5. pushback: Wiktionary
  6. pushback: Dictionary.com
  7. Pushback: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pushback: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pushback: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pushback)

noun:  The act of repelling an enemy, etc.
noun:  (aviation) A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.
noun:  (figurative) A reversal or reduction.
noun:  (figurative) Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
noun:  (international law) Summary expulsion of asylum seekers, especially when violating the principle of non-refoulement.

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