Meanings
noungroupuscule (plural groupuscules)
plural groupuscules
- 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
Origin
- Frenchgroupuscule
- Frenchgroupuscule
- Englishgroupuscule
Borrowed from French groupuscule.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan grupuscle
- grupusclesmall political group
French groupuscule
- groupusculesmall political group
Italian gruppuscolo
- gruppuscolosmall political group
Polish mała frakcja
- mała frakcjasmall political group
Portuguese grupelho
- grupelhosmall political group
Spanish grupúsculo
- grupúsculosmall political group
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“groupuscule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groupuscule. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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