"grass roots" meaning in English

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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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          "word": "græsrødder"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "local (most basic) level",
          "word": "akar rumput"
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          "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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          "word": "società civile"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kusa no ne",
          "sense": "local (most basic) level",
          "topics": [
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          "word": "草の根"
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          "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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          "word": "povo comum"
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          "roman": "râak-yâa",
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        "The essential foundation or source of something."
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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      "word": "græsrødder"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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      "word": "Basis"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "local (most basic) level",
      "word": "akar rumput"
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      "sense": "local (most basic) level",
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      "roman": "kusa no ne",
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