MRA1
/ɛmɑːrˈeɪ
/abbreviation
Moral Rearmament.
MRA2
noun (plural MRAs) informal
A men’s rights activist or advocate (used to refer to a person who campaigns for or supports the protection of men’s rights and interests): MRAs argue that they face daily discrimination from the government, the media, and the justice system [as modifier]: the MRA community...
- When you spend as much time being morally outraged about false rape accusations as I do, people tend to assume you're an MRA.
- The most obvious reason I avoid the movement is because MRAs are some of the least politically savvy people on the Internet.
- I agree that MRAs have a valid case that current Western society is hostile to men, their historical domination of institutions notwithstanding.
Origin
Early 21st century: used earlier as an abbreviation of the names of various groups and movements concerned with mens' rights, beginning with the Men's Rights Association, formed in the 1970s.