sendero luminoso

1. 1.

   a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade

   “Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths”

   SynonymsShining PathSL

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Peru · terrorism

Questions about sendero luminoso

What does sendero luminoso mean?

sendero luminoso means "a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade".

What is another word for sendero luminoso?

Close synonyms include Shining Path, SL. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sendero luminoso a common word?

sendero luminoso is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.