popular movement

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandmovement

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofpopularandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the term 'popularmovement' is not taken up elsewhere in the book nor does it appear in the index.
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He argued that this should be exploited to launch apopularmovementthat would agitate for comprehensive civil rights reform.
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And why did the issue fail to develop into apopularmovementduring the inter-war years?
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This is apopularmovement.
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It has become a hugelypopularmovement.
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Nobody represents we have a vastpopularmovement.
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It is not yet a largepopularmovement.
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Thepopularmovementitself has largely been studied at a local level, and undoubtedly local contexts were influential in conditioning responses to reform.
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They, too, formed part of the broader 'popularmovement' and played a major role in assisting the federal army in combating the cristeros.
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By allowing the protagonists of the story to speak for themselves, the text enhances awareness and nurtures empathy for the people engaged in thispopularmovement.
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Has there ever been anypopularmovementthat has not had its political leaders?
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He said it was apopularmovementsupported by popular pence.
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The leaders of thepopularmovementwere arrested, as were thousands of others.
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There would have been an overwhelming andpopularmovementof relief and gratitude.
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Historians are largely unanimous in seeing the granting of parliamentary reform in 1832 and the masspopularmovementthat supported it as the children of a unique constellation of circumstances.
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Both bottom-up pressure and government action after 1996 helped to enhance ' equal opportunity of influence' between the 'popularmovement' and previously dominant groups like doctors and private providers.
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It cannot be said to be apopularmovementbased on ordinary sentiments of common sense and patriotism.
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You only got twelve in one month, and that is what you call apopularmovementsupported by popular pence.
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Indeed, the universities at that time were already becoming more aristocratic and less inclined to respond topopularmovement.
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It is that large-scalepopularmovementthat should be encouraged by the purpose and structure of our tax system.
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We should not deceive ourselves into thinking that our departure would inflame a greatpopularmovementof support.
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The workers' andpopularmovementis thus lumped together with capitalists, whom the report has the nerve to describe as representatives of civil society.
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Therefore, the criterion that apopularmovementor popular opinion may be in favour of some faddist point of view does not appeal to me.
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That is why protecting the rights of immigrants, both legal and illegal, must be one of the first and most urgent duties of thepopularmovement...
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At the same time, the opposing positions and antagonisms within this world imperialist system cause difficulties and delays which thepopularmovementcan turn to its advantage.
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