activism

noun
/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/CA

Etymology

From active + -ism.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti
  2. derived from activus
  3. derived from actif
  4. inherited from actyf
  5. suffixed as activism — “active + ism

Definitions

  1. The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a…

    The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

    • That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for activism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA