advocacy

noun

/ˈæd.və.kə.si/US/əɖˈvɔ~o.kəsi/

Etymology

From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate + -cy.

derived from advocātia
derived from advocacie
inherited from advocacie

Definitions

The profession of an advocate.
The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.

The neighborhood

Derived

advocacy group, advocacy planning, advocacy research, badvocacy, cyberadvocacy, devil's advocacy, hyperadvocacy, media advocacy, nonadvocacy, self-advocacy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for advocacy. 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