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NATION OF ISLAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Nation of Islam" is a kind of...):
religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)
Meronyms (members of "Nation of Islam"):
Black Muslim (an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam)
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