"astroturfing" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From AstroTurf (“a synthetic substitute for grass”), a play on grass roots, as in “fake grass roots”. Attributed to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen in an unidentified 1985 public statement: \"[A] fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grassroots and Astroturf.\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "astroturfing (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Marketing",
          "orig": "en:Marketing",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Social media",
          "orig": "en:Social media",
          "parents": [
            "Internet",
            "Mass media",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Technology",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "US politics",
          "orig": "en:US politics",
          "parents": [
            "Politics",
            "United States",
            "Society",
            "North America",
            "All topics",
            "America",
            "Fundamental",
            "Earth",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a \"grass-roots\" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion."
      ],
      "id": "en-astroturfing-en-noun-pSxlxPeP",
      "links": [
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "disguising",
          "disguising"
        ],
        [
          "orchestrated",
          "orchestrated"
        ],
        [
          "campaign",
          "campaign"
        ],
        [
          "grass-roots",
          "grass roots"
        ],
        [
          "spontaneous",
          "spontaneous"
        ],
        [
          "upwelling",
          "upwelling"
        ],
        [
          "public opinion",
          "public opinion"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now social media",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a \"grass-roots\" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "astroturf"
        },
        {
          "word": "astroturfer"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "front organization"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "marketing"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "word": "astroturffaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "word": "mielipiteiden ostaminen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "word": "tekonurmetus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Vortäuschen einer Basisbewegung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tarnung einer Kampagne als Volksbewegung"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "astroturfing"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Lloyd Bentsen",
        "astroturfing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "astroturfing"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From AstroTurf (“a synthetic substitute for grass”), a play on grass roots, as in “fake grass roots”. Attributed to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen in an unidentified 1985 public statement: \"[A] fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grassroots and Astroturf.\"",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "astroturfing (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "astroturf"
    },
    {
      "word": "astroturfer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Marketing",
        "en:Social media",
        "en:US politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a \"grass-roots\" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "disguising",
          "disguising"
        ],
        [
          "orchestrated",
          "orchestrated"
        ],
        [
          "campaign",
          "campaign"
        ],
        [
          "grass-roots",
          "grass roots"
        ],
        [
          "spontaneous",
          "spontaneous"
        ],
        [
          "upwelling",
          "upwelling"
        ],
        [
          "public opinion",
          "public opinion"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now social media",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a \"grass-roots\" event, i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "marketing"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Lloyd Bentsen",
        "astroturfing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "front organization"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "word": "astroturffaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "word": "mielipiteiden ostaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "word": "tekonurmetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vortäuschen einer Basisbewegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tarnung einer Kampagne als Volksbewegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disguising of an orchestrated campaign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astroturfing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astroturfing"
}