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MKO

MKO

9.9
An Iranian political group that uses violence and is called a terrorist group by some countries
  • noun
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  • Members of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MKO) and other smaller groups that engaged in terrorism and armed combat were disproportionately drawn from medical and technical schools.

Examples

  • The MKO has been a controversial group due to its militant activities in Iran.

  • The Iranian Mojahedin tabulates MKO "martyrs" for the period 1981-85.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Your link took me straight to an MKO member, lol.

    Blog text (25)

  • Iranian.com is run by MKO and the Americans.

    Blog text (25)

  • So, according to McLeod (2012) and others, there is, seen from an educational point of view, no way around scaffolding on one hand and ZPD as well as MKO on the other in order to secure the best possible outcome of any educational initiative.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Many political analysts discuss the role of MKO in Iran's political landscape.

  • The MKO was founded in the 1960s to oppose the Iranian government and has been labeled as a terrorist organization.

Synonyms

MEK
vsMKO
7 9.9

A political group from Iran that opposes the government and uses violence

is the abbreviation referring to the same Iranian militant group
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization
vsMKO
  • NSFW
9.9

An Iranian political group that mixes left-wing and Islamic ideas and some countries call it a terrorist group

is the short abbreviated form used for that organization
People's Mujahedin of Iran
vsMKO
9.9

An Iranian political group from the 1960s that mixed Marxist and Islamic ideas and used violence

is the abbreviation used for that group founded in the 1960s
Mujahedeen Khalq
vsMKO
  • NSFW
9.9

An armed Iranian group that opposes the government and was based in Iraq

is the abbreviation for the same opposition group with wider name forms

Surface Forms

MKO singular

Morphology

MKO = M + K + O

This is an acronym/initialism (letters representing a proper-name phrase); the letters are not English morphemes and the meaning cannot be derived from them.

Etymology

The word MKO is short for Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization, where Mujahedin comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning 'fighters' and Khalq means 'people'. So MKO names a political group and literally means 'people's fighters', which helps you remember why those letters stand for that organization.