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PFLP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does PFLP mean?
• PFLP (noun)
The noun PFLP has 1 sense:
1. a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
Familiarity information: PFLP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
PFLP; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
Palestine (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948)
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