political movement

/pəˌlɪdəkəl ˌmuvmənt/

Other forms: political movements

Definitions of political movement

1. noun

   a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
   examples:

   al-Asifa

   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

   types:

   PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization

   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

   FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization

   a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals

   type of:

   front, movement, social movement

   a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals