社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)

しゃかいうんどう
noun
social movement
societypolitics
1. social movement
An organized collective effort by a group of people working together to bring about social, political, or economic change, or to resist such change.
社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)に参加(さんか)する。
To participate in a social movement.
労働(ろうどう)運動(うんどう)は重要(じゅうよう)な社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)のひとつだ。
The labor movement is one of the important social movements.
The spread of social media has changed how social movements propagate.

Covers a wide range of movements including labor rights, environmental activism, civil rights, and consumer protection.

Common collocations

  • 社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)を展開(てんかい)する: to develop a social movement
  • 社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)家(か): social activist
  • 社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)の高(たか)まり: rise of a social movement