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.

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

Sinn Fein

1. 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 .

Derived Forms

• Sinn Féiner, noun
• Sinn Féinism, noun

Other Words From

• Sinn Feiner noun
• Sinn Feinism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinn Fein¹

From Irish sinn f éin “we ourselves”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinn Fein¹

C20: from Irish: we ourselves

Example Sentences

A major thread in the story implicates the very much still alive Gerry Adams, who became the leader of the Sinn Féin political party in 1983, as the man who ordered Jean McConville’s kidnapping as a high-ranking IRA leader.

From Salon

She was the first senior Sinn Féin figure to do so and the banner that was later attached to the shutters of her office in Cookstown, County Tyrone, featured the word "traitors" alongside bloody handprints and a poppy.

From BBC

She added that she was unable to attend an Armistice Day event at Stormont later on Monday, but that other Sinn Féin politicians would take part.

From BBC

More than 20 years have passed since Alex Maskey became the first Sinn Féin lord mayor to pay his respects to the war dead at the Cenotaph.

From BBC

She added that she was unable to attend an Armistice Day event at Stormont later on Monday, but that other Sinn Féin politicians would take part.

From BBC