NATION OF ISLAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Nation of Islam" is a kind of...):

religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)

Meronyms (members of "Nation of Islam"):

Black Muslim (an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam)

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