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mass movement |
Also found in: Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.06 sec. |
mass movementor mass wastingBulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes, or the sinking of confined areas of the Earth's ground surface. The term mass wasting refers only to gravity-driven processes that move large masses of earthen material from one place to another. The term mass movement includes the sinking of confined areas. |
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| Desai here delicately traces out the very personal, individual-level consequences of a focused, uncompromising mass movement. The non-violent civil rights movement was a mass movement that respected the integrity of the individual. John Edward Bruce, an important journalist for the Negro World, explained Garveyism as a "divinely inspired mass movement bent on rescuing Africa from the plunderers and buccaneers of an alien race. |
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