grass roots

See also: grassroots and grass-roots

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Noun

grass roots (uncountable)

1. (politics) People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.
2. The essential foundation or source of something.

Related terms

• grass tops

Translations

local (most basic) level

• Danish: græsrødder pl
• German: Basis (de) f
• Indonesian: akar rumput
• Italian: società civile (it) f
• Japanese: 草の根 (kusa no ne) (politics)
• Portuguese: povo comum m
• Thai: รากหญ้า (râak-yâa)

See also

• grass-roots
• grassroots