grassroots

See also: grass-roots and grass roots

English

Alternative forms

• grass-roots, grassroot

Etymology

From grass +‎ roots.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑːs.ɹuːts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæs.ɹuːts/

Adjective

grassroots (comparative more grassroots, superlative most grassroots)

1. Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.

   Antonyms: grass tops, Astroturf

   • 2020 November 18, Brian Lowry, “‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman”, in CNN‎:

     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.

Derived terms

• grassroots democracy
• grassroots leader
• grassrootsy
• netroots

Translations

of the grass roots

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: please add this translation if you can Bengali: তৃণমূল (bn) (trinômul) Catalan: de base, local (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 草根 (zh) (cǎogēn), 基層 / 基层 (zh) (jīcéng) Finnish: ruohonjuuritason French: local (fr), sur le terrain (fr) German: Basis-, Grassroots- Hindi: तृणमूल (tŕṇmūl) Indonesian: akar rumput Italian: popolare (it), sociale (it) m or f, di base, dal basso Japanese: please add this translation if you can Malay: akar umbi Polish: oddolny (pl) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: рядово́й (ru) (rjadovój), низово́й (ru) (nizovój), обыкнове́нный (ru) (obyknovénnyj), обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), (local) ме́стный (ru) (méstnyj) Spanish: de base Swedish: gräsrot (sv) c Thai: รากหญ้า (râak-yâa) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: llawr gwlad m

See also

• grass roots