GROUP ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does group action mean? 

• GROUP ACTION (noun)
  The noun GROUP ACTION has 1 sense:

1. action taken by a group of people

  Familiarity information: GROUP ACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUP ACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action taken by a group of people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("group action" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

event (something that happens at a given place and time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "group action"):

brainstorming (a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions)

competition; contention; rivalry (the act of competing as for profit or a prize)

resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)

nonresistance (group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence)

due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

action (an act by a government body or supranational organization)

legalisation; legalization; legitimation (the act of making lawful)

separation (the social act of separating or parting company)

desegregation; integrating; integration (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)

cooperation (joint operation or action)

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)

attendance; attending (the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.))

nonattendance (the failure to attend)

getting even; paying back; return (a reciprocal group action)

democratisation; democratization (the action of making something democratic)

engagement; involution; involvement; participation (the act of sharing in the activities of a group)

non-engagement; non-involvement; nonparticipation (withdrawing from the activities of a group)

ethnic cleansing (the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area)

socialisation; socialization (the action of establishing on a socialist basis)

exchange; rally ((sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes)

vote (the opinion of a group as determined by voting)

action; military action (a military engagement)

battle; conflict; struggle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals))

revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)

social activity (activity considered appropriate on social occasions)

communalism (the practice of communal living and common ownership)

alliance; confederation (the act of forming an alliance or confederation)

decolonisation; decolonization (the action of changing from colonial to independent status)

disbandment (the act of disbanding)

disestablishment (the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England)

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

stampede (a headlong rush of people on a common impulse)

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

coup; coup d'etat; putsch; takeover (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)

internationalisation; internationalization (the act of bringing something under international control)

nationalisation; nationalization (the action of forming or becoming a nation)

exchange; interchange (the act of changing one thing for another thing)

compliance; submission (the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another)

Instance hyponyms:

Restoration (the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660)