youth movement

Thân thiện

A youth movement organizes a peaceful community cleanup day.

Definition

Noun: A youth movement is a political, religious, or social reform movement or campaign that is primarily composed of and driven by young people.

Usage

The term is used to describe organized collective action where young people are the main participants and agents of change. It emphasizes the demographic (youth) as the core constituency of the movement.

Examples

• The climate strikes evolved into a powerful youth movement demanding action from world leaders.
• Historians study the counterculture youth movement of the 1960s.
• The organization aims to spark a youth movement focused on community volunteering.

Advanced Usage

• "to galvanize/spark a youth movement": To energize or initiate such a movement.
  • The activist's speech helped galvanize a youth movement for educational reform.
• "a burgeoning/growing youth movement": Describes a movement that is rapidly gaining participants and momentum.
  • There is a burgeoning youth movement advocating for mental health awareness in schools.

Variants and Related Words

• Youth activism (n): The practice of young people engaging in activism. This is a broader, related concept often embodied within a youth movement.
• Student movement (n): A type of youth movement specifically organized by students, often centered on campus issues or national educational policies.

Synonyms

• Young people's crusade
• Youth crusade
• Youth campaign

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "The youth are rising up": A phrase often used in media to describe the emergence or increased activity of a youth movement.
  • On this issue, the youth are rising up and making their voices heard.

Học thuật

Noun

1. political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people

Từ đồng nghĩa

• youth crusade