groupuscule
noun
grou·pus·cule grü-ˈpə-ˌskyül 
: a small group of political activists
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The romantic was at the fore in his literary criticism but also played a role in his political writing, particularly in his nostalgic view of his youthful activism in a Trotskyist groupuscule at Oxford. 
Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The head of the Policy Unit, Munira Mirza, is a former member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, a Trotskyite groupuscule, and enthusiastic contributor to its house organ, Living Marxism. The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 See the special issue of Patterns of Prejudice 36:3 (July 2002) on radical right groupuscules, put together by Roger Griffin.8. Robert O. Paxton, Slate Magazine, 6 Apr. 2017
Christian Lorentzen, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The head of the Policy Unit, Munira Mirza, is a former member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, a Trotskyite groupuscule, and enthusiastic contributor to its house organ, Living Marxism. The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 See the special issue of Patterns of Prejudice 36:3 (July 2002) on radical right groupuscules, put together by Roger Griffin.8. Robert O. Paxton, Slate Magazine, 6 Apr. 2017 Word History
Etymology
French, from groupe group + -uscule (as in corpuscule corpuscle)
First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above