grass roots

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grass roots

noun

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

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noun local (most basic) level

日本語草の根 kusa no ne
Portuguêspovo comum
DeutschBasis
Italianosocietà civile
Русскийрядовой rjadovoj

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@misc{grass_roots_2026,
  title = {grass roots},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grass%20roots},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}