grassroots
IPA: grˈæsrˈuts
adjective
- Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
grass roots
IPA: grˈæsrˈuts
noun
- (politics) People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.
- The essential foundation or source of something.
grass-roots
IPA: grˈæsrˈuts
adjective
- Alternative spelling of grassroots [Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.]
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Examples of "grassroots" in Sentences
- Community and grassroots action.
- There he rose in grassroots politics.
- Records earned it a grassroots fanbase.
- The CCF are not pretending to be grassroots.
- People in the movement see it as grassroots.
- The sport's grassroots popularity was waning.
- That way there was no need to go the grassroots.
- Grassroots organization is the way to change that.
- NSWSRU is truly the grassroots of the game in Sydney.
- But the worst of all is the frequent petitions of grassroots.
- Presumably, this approach to the grassroots is coming from the top.
- Its preferred strategy is to lie on the state level long and hard what it calls the "grassroots".
- ACOSTA: That may explain why the Republican National Committee has just launched what it describes as a grassroots Web site.
- Plan B includes formation of TheCainSolutions.com, which he described as a grassroots effort to bring government back to the people.
- Cain told supporters he planned to continue his efforts to influence Washington and announced "Plan B" - what he called a grassroots effort to return government to the people.
- I think you know the term grassroots lobbying, which means Washington-based lobbyists reaching back into the districts to get people to write in on behalf of the causes that they advocate.
- Kilgore argues that the implication of this is that there are two models of bipartisanship when it comes to health care reform: Congressional bipartisanship, and what he calls grassroots bipartisanship.
- After the state GOP, it did admit to having a camera in the crowd thanks to an anonymous tip, but denied organizing what it called a grassroots event, also telling me, "Doggett owes us and them an apology for calling the crowd a mob."
Examples of "grass-roots" in Sentences
- "He is central casting, he can raise the money, and he has deep ties with the grass-roots."
- And he won handily, too, a 58-42 margin bolstered by strong grass-roots support in a politically active neighborhood.
- He has also called for the formation of a "cultural Euro-Tea Party" referring to the grass-roots right wing organisation in the US supported by Sarah Palin.
- His remarks drew lots of applause and cheers from the crowd, who will play a key role in grass-roots organizing for the eventual 2012 GOP presidential nominee.
- Like other charismatic do-gooders with an interesting story to tell, he has written a memoir to promote his charity and the idea of grass-roots development work.
- Last year, Karroubi crashed the official celebrations, together with supporters of the grass-roots Green Movement, triggering minor skirmishes between the opposition activists and security forces.
- Several years ago, in what Laurie White, the president of the area Chamber of Commerce, called a "grass-roots effort," prominent figures in the public and private sectors came together to create a strategy for Providence's economic future.
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