Meaning of grassroots in English

grassroots

noun [ plural ]

(also grass roots)

/ˈɡræs.ruːts/ uk

/ˈɡrɑːs.ruːts/

the grassroots

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the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party:

The feeling among the grassroots of the Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.

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grassroots

adjective [ before noun ]

/ˈɡræs.ruːts/ uk

/ˈɡrɑːs.ruːts/

involving the ordinary people in a society or an organization:

grassroots support

a grassroots movement/campaign

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(Definition of grassroots from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

grassroots | Business English

grassroots

noun

/ˈɡrɑːsruːts/ us

/ˈɡræsruːts/

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ordinary people in a society or organization, rather than the leaders:

The party's leaders are in danger of losing touch with its grassroots.

Organizational change needs to come from the grassroots.

grassroots

adjective [ before noun ]

(also grassroot)

/ˈɡrɑːsruːts/ us

/ˈɡræsruːts/

involving the ordinary people in a society or organization:

The initiative has grassroots support.

a grassroots campaign/movement

(Definition of grassroots from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of grassroots

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Nor were these reforms, in the view of the left, conducive to, or in favor of, grassroots movements of women among the toiling masses.

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The debate was often initiated by grassroots movements and academics.

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With the transition to democratic politics in the early 1950s, the cooperatives quickly emerged as a powerful political force at the grassroots.

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What is more, this delay provided business groups with more time to engage in a small-business, grassroots lobbying campaign.

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These moral factors can be criticized and modified, especially at the grassroots level.

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Even less attention has been paid to the dynamics of the grassroots politics that shaped the nationalist movement.

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In nearly all the territories, grassroots activists ‘have kept their old faith’, rendering the territories ‘fertile ground for communist infiltration’, he wrote.

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Other scholars believe that democracy has been developing in grassroots deliberation.

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This paper aims to offer a big-picture perspective and the national statistical trend behind the uneven development of grassroots deliberative democracy.

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Table 2 summarizes the main codes and sub-codes of the primary characteristics of grassroots deliberation.

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When the middle class blocked the street to stop the electrical substation construction, the grassroots government took a repressive approach.

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This paper attempts to examine the most significant debates on grassroots deliberation and offers empirical evidence for theoretical considerations about relevant problems.

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It develops an intellectual framework to assess whether grassroots deliberation is democratic.

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The first element of deliberative democracy is ‘people’, or citizens, or the participants in grassroots deliberation.

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The establishment and development of deliberative procedures is an important indicator of the maturity of grassroots deliberation and deliberative democracy.

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