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Adjective grass-roots has 2 senses
- grassroots - fundamental; "the grassroots factor in making the decision"
Antonyms: incidental, incident (indirect, via basic)
- grassroots - of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental politico-economic group; "a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament"
Antonym: uncommon (indirect, via common)
Noun grass-roots has 2 senses
- grass roots - the essential foundation or source; "the problem was attacked at the grass roots"
--1 is a kind of foundation
- grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
--2 is a kind of folk, common people
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