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hashtivism

noun

Etymology

Blend of hashtag + activism.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from activus
  3. derived from actif
  4. inherited from actyf
  5. suffixed as activism — “active + ism”
  6. compounded as hashtivism — “hashtag + activism”

Definitions

  1. A form of Internet slacktivism based around the posting of messages that contain hashtags.

    • Promoting real civic engagement rather than slacktivism or hashtivism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hashtivism. 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