mass movement


noun

an organized effort by a large number of people, especially those not forming part of the elite of a given society, to bring about pervasive changes in existing social, economic, or political institutions, frequently characterized by charismatic leadership.

Origin of mass movement

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example sentences from the Web for mass movement

  • The rack hadn't hit the top of the slide before there was a sort of mass-movement towards the mutuel windows.

    The Big Fix |George Oliver Smith