Movement
Collective push forward
Movement is motion or the act of moving: The movement of the clouds across the sky.
It extends to organized efforts toward a goal: the civil rights movement, the labor movement.
In music, a movement is a self-contained section of a larger composition: the second movement of the symphony.
Movement also describes the internal mechanism of a clock or watch.
In art, a movement is a collective style or tendency: the Impressionist movement.
Bowel movement is a polite term for defecation.
Locomotion on foot
step · gesture · posture · coordination · flexibility · agility · kinetic · velocity
Direct effort for reform
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
solidarity · grassroots · demonstration · rally · march · uprising · reform · liberation
Designing performance movement sequences
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- contemporaryOf the present age
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
impressionism · surrealism · modernism · avant-garde · Bauhaus · minimalism · cubism · Renaissance
Rate of musical performance
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- allegroBrisk tempo marking
adagio · andante · scherzo · passage · phrase · section · suite · concerto
Mass departure from somewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
immigration · refugee · nomadic · seasonal · flock · herd · swarm · pattern
Means by which something operates
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- pivotPoint of rotation
rotation · oscillation · vibration · actuator · piston · linkage · bearing · cam
Bodily food breakdown
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- constipationDifficult, infrequent waste elimination
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
fiber · elimination · intestinal · transit · stool · evacuation · motility · colon
walking
Locomotion on foot
pace · step · gesture · posture · coordination · flexibility · agility · kinetic · velocity · trajectory
activism
Direct effort for reform
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
resistance · solidarity · grassroots · demonstration · rally · march · uprising · reform · liberation · suffrage
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- contemporaryOf the present age
expressionism · impressionism · surrealism · modernism · avant-garde · Bauhaus · minimalism · cubism · Renaissance · Romanticism
tempo
Rate of musical performance
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
allegro · adagio · andante · scherzo · passage · phrase · section · suite · concerto · overture
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
emigration · immigration · refugee · nomadic · seasonal · flock · herd · swarm · pattern · route
mechanism
Means by which something operates
pivot · rotation · oscillation · vibration · actuator · piston · linkage · bearing · cam · crank
digestion
Bodily food breakdown
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- constipationDifficult, infrequent waste elimination
laxative · fiber · elimination · intestinal · transit · stool · evacuation · motility · colon · gastric
- ravesrave, EDC, Tomorrowland, Ultra, warehouse party
- Ski BrandsBlizzard, Elan, Fischer, K2, Salomon
Movementstillness
Complete lack of motion
immobility · stasis · motionlessness · rest · inertia
Movementatomization
Reduction to fine particles
disorganization · apathy · passivity · complacency · fragmentation
Movementstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
standstill · regression · deadlock · inertia · impasse
- freedom movementCampaign for civil rights
- westward movementMigration toward sunset regions
- underground movementSecret organized opposition
- bowel movementFecal discharge from body
- youth movementsOrganized efforts by adolescents
- social movementCollective effort for change