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hacktivist

noun

Etymology

Blend of hack + activist, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from activus
  3. derived from actif
  4. inherited from actyf
  5. suffixed as activist — “active + ist”
  6. compounded as hacktivist — “hack + activist”

Definitions

  1. A person who engages in hacktivism.

    • One type of badvocate, sometimes identified as a troll, is a hacktivist..

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