grassroots
adjUK /ˈɡɹɑːs.ɹuːts/ · US /ˈɡɹæs.ɹuːts/
Etymology From grass + roots.
1
Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
- If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.2020 November 18, Brian Lowry, “‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- grassroots democracy, grassroots leader, grassrootsy, netroots
- Related terms
- grass roots