sit-in
noun [C] /ˈsɪt.ɪn/
/ˈsɪt̬-/ Definition
› an occasion when a group of people go into a public building and refuse to leave or allow normal activities to continue there until a situation that they are complaining about is changed: Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign. → See also sit inActivism and pressure groups
(Definition of sit-in noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- activism noun
- activist noun
- agitation noun (PROTEST)
- agitator noun
- agitprop noun
- battle cry noun
- CND noun
- groundswell noun
- guerrilla noun
- hunger strike noun
- insurgency noun
- insurrection noun
- lobby noun (PRESSURE GROUP)
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- radical noun
- rebel noun
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