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NOUN (1)

1. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;
- Example: "he was a charter member of the movement"
- Example: "politicians have to respect a mass movement"
- Example: "he led the national liberation front"
[syn: movement, social movement, front]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

social movement
    n 1: a group of people with a common ideology who try together
         to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member
         of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass
         movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn:
         movement, social movement, front]