groupuscule en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɹuːpəˌskjuːl/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from French groupuscule.
Meanings
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A small political group, especially of an extremist faction.
Thus, by the time that I enrolled as an “undergraduate” at Balliol College, Oxford, I was already a militant “student” member of the International Socialist groupuscule, as such factions were to become known after the momentously imminent events in France.
2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| groupuscules | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
ca grupuscle (small political group) · es grupúsculo (small political group) · fr groupuscule (small political group) · pl mała frakcja (small political group) · pt grupelho (small political group) · it gruppuscolo (small political group)