grassroots
See also: grass-roots and grass roots
English
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[edit]grassroots (comparative more grassroots, superlative most grassroots)
- Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
- Antonyms: grass tops, Astroturf
- 2020 November 18, Brian Lowry, “‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman”, in CNN[1]:
- If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.
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[edit]of the grass roots
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