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groupuscule

UK/ˈɡɹuːpəˌskjuːl/

groupuscule noun: a small political group, especially of an extremist faction.

Noun

groupuscule (plural groupuscules)

  1. 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 of groupuscule

pluralgroupuscules

Origin of groupuscule

Borrowed from French groupuscule.

Words formed from groupuscule

Questions about groupuscule

What does groupuscule mean?
Groupuscule means a small political group, especially of an extremist faction.
What part of speech is groupuscule?
Groupuscule is a noun.
How do you pronounce groupuscule?
Groupuscule is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːpəˌskjuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of groupuscule?
The plural of groupuscule is groupuscules.

Words near groupuscule in the dictionary

  1. groupthink
  2. groupthinker
  3. groupthinkers
  4. groupthinks
  5. groupuscular
  6. groupuscule
  7. groupuscules
  8. groupware
  9. groupwide
  10. groupwise
  11. groupwork

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