Phrase guide

social movement

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An effort by a group of people to achieve a social or political goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was a charter member of the movement
  • politicians have to respect a mass movement
  • he led the national liberation front

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: movement, front

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social group

Narrower terms: Free French, Fighting French, artistic movement, art movement, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights movement, common front, cultural movement, ecumenism, oecumenism, falun gong, political movement, reform movement, religious movement, Zionism, Zionist movement

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: moviment social — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會運動 /社会运动 (shèhuì yùndòng) — Translations
  • Finnish: yhteiskunnallinen liike — Translations
  • French: mouvement social — Translations
  • German: Bewegung — Translations
  • German: soziale Bewegung — Translations
  • Italian: movimento sociale — Translations
  • Japanese: 市民活動 (shiminkatsudou) — Translations
  • Polish: ruch społeczny — Translations
  • Portuguese: movimento social — Translations
  • Spanish: movimiento social — Translations
  • Swahili: harakati — Translations