Sinn Fein
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8.1
- proper noun
- /sɪn feɪn/
- The Sinn Fein party advocates for the unification of Ireland and represents republicanism in politics.
- Sinn Fein political wing
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Watch on YouTubeHowever, what did become clear was a growing fault line running through the IRA and Sinn Fein.
- However, what did become clear was a growing fault line running through the IRA and Sinn Fein.
- In reality though, most IRA groups acted independently and some even resented interference from Sinn Fein's quote.
Examples
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During the Peace Process, Sinn Fein played a crucial role in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement.
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In the 2020 election, Sinn Fein emerged as the party with the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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One third of the newly elected Sinn Fein representatives had fought in 1916.
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Young people are being failed day in day out and the DUP and Sinn Fein refused to form an executive.
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By June 1993, Sinn Fein had garnered 13.4 percent of the overall electoral vote in Northern Ireland.
Academic text (1996) -
Gerry Adams, leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein political party, has said it's time for the government to legislate for abortion in certain medical cases.
Blog text (21) -
With respect to its peace initiative in Northern Ireland, the Clinton administration has made a serious error in its dealings with Sinn Fein's President Gerry Adams.
Academic text (1996) -
In 1997 and 1998, even though the Unionists were unwilling to negotiate directly with the IRA, the presence of Sinn Fein at the bargaining table allowed the parties to negotiate the issue of violence.
Academic text (2009) -
While Sinn Fein and the political representatives of the Loyalist paramilitary organizations have met publicly (but separately) with the British government, there has been a genuine lack of substantive political movement.
Academic text (1996) -
In the general election of 1918, Sinn Fein, the political party that rejects Home Rule in favour of separatist republicanism, wins a landslide victory, gaining almost three quarters of the seats.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Sinn + Fein
Sinn Fein is a proper name borrowed from Irish (Sinn Féin, literally ‘ourselves’), not a compositional English phrase; the listed constituents are not English lexical items a B1 learner would recognise, so the political-party meaning cannot be derived from the parts. As a lexicalised, language-specific name for an Irish republican party, its meaning is opaque to learners who have not encountered it before.
Etymology
Sinn Fein comes from the Irish words sinn and fein, meaning 'we ourselves'. That's why Sinn Fein is the name of an Irish political party that stands for people running their own country and for a united Ireland.