political movement

Noun
  1. A group of people working together to achieve a political goal (synset 108489346)
    is a type of: front, movement, social movement - a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
    subtypes:
    • palestine liberation organization, plo - a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
    • sinn fein - an Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army
    • red guard - a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles
    • syndicalism - a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions
    • foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    specific instances: al-asifa, al-fatah, fatah - a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
    member holonym: cadre, cell - a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

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