Sinn Fein

[ shin-feyn ]

noun
  1. a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.

  2. a member of this organization.

Origin of Sinn Fein

1
From Irish sinn féin “we ourselves”

Other words from Sinn Fein

  • Sinn Feiner, noun
  • Sinn Feinism, noun

Words Nearby Sinn Fein

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How to use Sinn Fein in a sentence

  • Sinn Fein was at the time to all outward seeming an insignificant and discredited party with an impossible programme.

    The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell Henry

British Dictionary definitions for Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

/ (ˈʃɪn ˈfeːn) /


noun
  1. an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969

Origin of Sinn Féin

1
C20: from Irish: we ourselves

Derived forms of Sinn Féin

  • Sinn Finer, noun
  • Sinn Finism, noun

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Cultural definitions for Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein

[ (shin fayn) ]


An Irish political party (in Gaelic it means “Ourselves Alone”) that has long combatted Great Britain's influence in Ireland and sought the unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish republic in the south; generally considered the political portion of the Irish Republican Army. One wing of it has engaged in terrorism.

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