Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
- adj. fundamental.
Examples
“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.”
The Lobbyists: How Influence Peddlers Get Their Way in Washington
“Its preferred strategy is to lie on the state level long and hard what it calls the "grassroots".”
The Huffington Post: John Stoehr: The Problem With Conservatives Isn't Ideology -- It's Lying
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Presumably, this approach to the grassroots is coming from the top.”
The Huffington Post: Sam Graham-Felsen: What Gladwell Got Wrong: Beyond "Like Button" Activism
“Although the ongoing protests have many facets, they're an expression of grassroots discontent with the economy in general, particularly the historic level of inequality - the OWS rallying cry is, "We are the 99 percent.”
The Huffington Post: Bob Burnett: Thanksgiving Politics: Top Ten Reasons to be Thankful
“Despite decades of deception and mystification, a critical mass at the grassroots is waking up.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘grassroots’.
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POL - elections
announcement of c..., campaign headquar..., campaign season, campaign staff, campaign strategy, campaign tactic, campaign team, campaign trail, campaigning, candidate, candidate registr..., caucus and 930 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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In the News
Words from politics, news, and business
sedition, juridical, feckless, austerity, debenture, sovereign, subterfuge, amicus, obfuscate, transparency, usurp, paradox and 26 more...
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Putting down roots
root beer, crinkleroot, root canal, root cellar, roothold, rootlet, rootworm, Stephen Root, square root, snakeroot, arrowroot, scrootch and 64 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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There's a word for that?
temerity, tacit, froward, faineant, caterwaul, menagerie, ennui, sine qua non, lissom, multifarious, laconic, katzenjammer and 240 more...
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Terms I Hate
ill, hurd, grassroots, wmd, think tank, pardon me, marketing, folksonomy, folks, ain't, puter, infotainment and 18 more...
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Tweets
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strev Rogain for politicians Apr 9, 2009