Sinn Fein

[ shin feyn ]
/ ˈʃɪn ˈfeɪn /

noun

a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
a member of this organization.

Origin of Sinn Fein

From the Irish word sinn féin we ourselves

OTHER WORDS FROM Sinn Fein

Sinn Feiner, noun Sinn Feinism, noun

British Dictionary definitions for sinn fein

Sinn Féin
/ (ˈʃɪn ˈfeːn) /

noun

an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969

Derived forms of Sinn Féin

Sinn Finer, noun Sinn Finism, noun

Word Origin for Sinn Féin

C20: from Irish: we ourselves

Cultural definitions for sinn fein

Sinn Fein
[ (shin fayn) ]

An Irish political party (in Gaelic it means “Ourselves Alone”) that has long combatted Great Britain's influence in Ireland and sought the unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish republic in the south; generally considered the political portion of the Irish Republican Army. One wing of it has engaged in terrorism.