GRASS ROOTS meaning: Originating from the common people

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grass roots: Merriam-Webster
grass roots: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
grass roots: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
grass-roots, grass-roots, grass roots: Collins English Dictionary
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Grass-Roots, Grass-roots, grass-roots: Wordnik
grass-roots, grass roots: Wiktionary
grass roots: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
grass roots: Infoplease Dictionary
grass-roots, grass roots: Dictionary.com
grass-roots: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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grass roots: Rhymezone
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grass roots: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Grass roots: World Wide Words
grass roots: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grass roots)

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

Opposite:

top-down, hierarchical, centralized

Types:

local, organic, sustainable, natural, more...

Phrases:

The Grass Roots, Message to the Grass Roots, grass roots level, grass roots approach, more...

Adjectives:

core, netherward, underground, relict, a la carte, heavenlike, nether, intown, defunctive, home-grown, carnal

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