social movement

Noun

Meaning

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

movement front social action social movements social activism social activity social activities government activity grassroots movement public action public activities civic movement civil society movement public movement community activities

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Antonyms

political movement political campaign political activities public action reform movements

Hypernyms

social group

Hyponyms

falun gong Zionism Free French ecumenism art movement Boy Scouts

Examples

As one person put it, "Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement." Richard Stallman

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. Martin Luther King Jr.

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Jerry Brown

This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God-given rights as human beings. Because we have suffered - and are not afraid to suffer - in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything, even our lives, in our fight for social justice. Cesar Chavez

I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is. Bernardine Dohrn

It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult. Craig Bruce

Close letter words and terms

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