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Vinony

grassroots

adjective

  1. related to local community
  2. movement that uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political or economic movement
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑːs.ɹuːts/ / /ˈɡɹæs.ɹuːts/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass English roots English grassroots 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.”