"protest song" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protest songs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} protest song (plural protest songs)
  1. A song that is associated with a movement for social change. Wikipedia link: protest song Categories (topical): Music, Politics Translations (song associated with social change): 抗議歌曲 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗议歌曲 (kàngyì gēqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), protestilaulu (Finnish), 민중가요 (minjunggayo) (Korean), canção de protesto [feminine] (Portuguese), música de protesto [feminine] (Portuguese), canção de intervenção [feminine] (Portuguese), canção de resistência [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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