rallying point

Examples

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• The national union, the UGTT, became the rallying point for opposition to the regime.

  Academic text (1998)

• The CSWG served as the focus for political activity and the rallying point to engage in collective endeavors that were not possible in separate departments.

  Academic text (2006)

• Finally, the new "More Than A Maps Website" acts as a rallying point for a new contest.

  Blog text (23)

• There were four main rallying points for demonstrators throughout the city.

  Death of a President (2006)

• "The ERA was a rallying point for feminism," Bystrom says.

  Academic text (1999)

• Journalistic images of poor, self-sacrificing mothers served as a rallying point for increasing the property rights of working women.

  Academic text (2016)

• The new traditionalist discourse is a rallying point for those sympathetic to both environmental and social causes.

  Academic text (2009)

• Also, informally, Olson's church, which is not a member of any larger body, is a rallying point for other like-minded churches.

  Academic text (1999)

• Fifteen years ago, Howard Gardner wrote a book that was destined to become a rallying point for educators throughout the world.

  Academic text (1998)

• The rallying point for the campaign was the idea of equality for all citizens.

Synonyms

U

uniter

vsrallying point

9 4.2

A person who brings people, groups, or ideas together to reach a shared goal

is broader, including ideas or events that unite divided or scattered people

Antonyms

F

fracture

364 4.1

A break in something hard like a bone or rock

D

divisive policy

1 6.3

A rule or plan by leaders that makes people strongly disagree

How Unifying

focal point

30 3.7

rallying point

4 5.2

gathering place

8 2.3

meeting place

17 1.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology