mass action Meaning of "mass action"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning

Usage(s):

  1. Protesters clashed with police on the second day of what Kenya's opposition leaders had billed as three days of mass action over Kenya's flawed election.
  2. Stonewall began a series of uprisings and mass action, often fueled by martyrdom, that would become a pattern for American gay politics in the decades ahead.
  3. The faith of the age is in congresses and mass action.
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