submovement

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noun

A movement making up part of a larger movement.

“Free-market environmentalism is a submovement of environmentalism.”

OriginEnglish movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement →
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Meanings

nounsubmovement (plural submovements)

plural submovements

  1. A movement making up part of a larger movement.

    Free-market environmentalism is a submovement of environmentalism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmovēre
  10. Old Frenchmovoir
  11. Old Frenchmovement
  12. Middle Englishmevement
  13. Englishmovement
  14. Englishsubmovement

From sub- + movement.

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APA

submovement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submovement

MLA

“submovement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submovement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submovement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submovement.

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