common cause
Unifying goal together
Common cause is a shared purpose that unites people or groups who might otherwise differ: Environmental activists and fiscal conservatives found common cause in opposing the subsidy.
To make common cause with someone is to ally with them toward a mutual goal.
In law and statistics, common cause has technical meanings relating to shared origins of outcomes or errors.
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- united frontCoalition presenting as one
- joint effortCombined work toward goal
confederation · federation · union · bloc · consortium · league · affiliation · network
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- togethernessState of close connection
- cohesionTendency to bind together
camaraderie · fellowship · esprit de corps · comradeship · kinship · bonding · mutuality · empathy
Pleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
rally · petition · boycott · lobbying · grassroots · reform · volunteer · nonprofit
Zealous effort for change
- reform movementOrganized push for systemic change
- social movementCollective effort for change
- political movementOrganized effort for change
- groundswellGrowing public sentiment
uprising · collective struggle · resistance · revolution · liberation · emancipation
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- united frontCoalition presenting as one
joint effort · confederation · federation · union · bloc · consortium · league · affiliation · network · pact
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- togethernessState of close connection
cohesion · camaraderie · fellowship · esprit de corps · comradeship · kinship · bonding · mutuality · empathy · support
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · rally · petition · boycott · lobbying · grassroots · reform · volunteer · nonprofit · civil rights
crusade
Zealous effort for change
- reform movementOrganized push for systemic change
- social movementCollective effort for change
- political movementOrganized effort for change
groundswell · uprising · collective struggle · resistance · revolution · liberation · emancipation
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- fellowshipbrotherhood, sisterhood, camaraderie, comradeship, companionship
- SPCcontrol chart, center line, centerline, in control, out of control
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- agreementagree, accord, yes, yeah, yep
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
common causediscord
Lack of agreement
division · factionalism · disunity · infighting · schism
common causehidden agenda
Undisclosed true purpose
ulterior motive · backroom deal · self-dealing · cronyism · corruption
common, cause, community, communicate, communication, commonly, uncommon, commonplace, commune