(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)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)重要(じゅうよう)社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)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)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)(): social activist
  • 社会運動(しゃかいうんどう)(たか)まり: rise of a social movement