- activism
- noun Date: 1915 a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue • activist noun or adjective • activistic adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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activism — n. 1. a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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activism — index campaign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
activism — (n.) 1920 in the political sense; see ACTIVIST (Cf. activist) + ISM (Cf. ism). Earlier (1907) it was used in reference to a philosophical theory … Etymology dictionary
activism — [n] action for change advocacy, boycotting, championing, effecting change, influence peddling, involvement, logrolling, militancy, moving and shaking*, picketing, striking; concept 689 … New thesaurus
activism — [ak′tə viz΄əm] n. the doctrine or policy of taking positive, direct action to achieve an end, esp. a political or social end activist adj., n … English World dictionary
Activism — Civil rights activists at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963 … Wikipedia
activism — [[t]æ̱ktɪvɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change. He believed in political activism to achieve justice … English dictionary
activism — noun Activism is used after these nouns: ↑student, ↑union … Collocations dictionary
activism — Synonyms and related words: act, acting, action, activeness, activity, behavior, business, doing, doings, employment, exercise, function, functioning, goings on, militancy, motion, movement, movements, occupation, operation, operations, play,… … Moby Thesaurus
