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GRASSROOTS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
Example:
a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament
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common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fundamental
Example:
the grassroots factor in making the decision
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basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)
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