movement 4

noundomain: group

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Examples

1.he was a charter member of the movement
2.he led the national liberation front
3.politicians have to respect a mass movement

Synonyms

social movement 1
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
front 10
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Hyponym

Free French 1

noun

a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic

artistic movement 1

noun

a group of artists who agree on general principles

Boy Scouts 1

noun

an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys

Civil Rights movement 1

noun

movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens

common front 1

noun

a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together