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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grassrootsadjective

    fundamental

    "the grassroots factor in making the decision"

  2. grassrootsadjective

    of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group

    "a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament"

Wiktionary

  1. grassrootsadjective

    Of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots

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  1. grassroots

    Grassroots refers to the ordinary people in a society or organization, especially as contrasted with the leaders or the elite. It also refers to activities and movements that originate among these ordinary people, often at a local level, and are driven by community interests, aiming for social, political, or economic change. These activities or movements are often characterized by spontaneous organization and lack of formal structure.

Wikidata

  1. Grassroots

    A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures. Grassroots movements are often at the local level, as many volunteers in the community give their time to support the local party, which can lead to helping the national party. For instance, a grassroots movement can lead to significant voter registration for a political party, which in turn helps the state and national parties.

Editors Contribution

  1. grassroots

    The citizens of a country involved in politics that engage with a socialist political party or independent socialist politician through their membership and support and focus on cocreating in the order of priority of optimum health, human rights, right to life, civil rights, democracy, stability, ethical, fair, just, moral, equal and shared prosperity for all, socialism, socialist unity government, socialist policies, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to life, right to housing, the fasttrack building of public housing on public land using nationalized construction organizations and public service construction employees, maintenance of current public housing, right to free education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, cocreation of equal and identical pay for all and a universal living income, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances

    Grassroots politics is the empowerment of people and the knowing that people's voices are heard and communicated through the structures of a political party or independent politician


    Submitted by MaryC on April 10, 2020  


  2. grassroots

    The citizens of a country involved in politics.

    The people power at the grassroots of society are a collective voice.


    Submitted by MaryC on September 22, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grassroots in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grassroots in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of grassroots in a Sentence

  1. David Barnhart:

    We have various stakeholders who are extremely interested in this issue, they came together and asked us to provide the strategy and the grassroots, this is a really diverse coalition and it is comprised of stakeholders from all walks of life.

  2. Juan Rodriguez:

    With hundreds of organizers and staff in the early states and Super Tuesday California, we are ready to harness the energy of our thousands of grassroots volunteers to phone bank, knock doors and turn out the vote for Kamala in these 2020 contests.

  3. Dan Caldwell:

    This will be a full-spectrum, integrated issue campaign. It is going to be nationwide. We are going to do a lot of work in DC and work on leveraging our grassroots army across the country.

  4. John Fea:

    Rather than forcing this from the top down, this is about a grassroots approach to changing the culture by embedding ministers in local politics from the ground up.

  5. Robby Mook:

    We continue to beat every fundraising goal and, more importantly, make smart and efficient investments, grassroots support is truly powering this campaign as the majority of our fundraising came from online donations.

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