Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US)A campaign designed to appear like a genuine popular (or grassroots) movement, that does not have such popular support.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The astroturf feels springy under your feet.

    frpzzd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. A number of purported grassroots movements are really astroturfing campaigns by the ultra-wealthy.

    deEine Anzahl vorgeblicher Graswurzelbewegungen sind in Wirklichkeit von den Ultrareichen ausgerollter Kunstrasen. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Origin

See AstroTurf and astroturfing.

See AstroTurf and astroturfing.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: Astroturfs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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