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leaktivism

noun

Etymology

Blend of leak + 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 leaktivism — “leak + activism”

Definitions

  1. Activism through the release of confidential information to the public in the form of…

    Activism through the release of confidential information to the public in the form of leaks.

    • After all, shouldn’t we be jaded, or at least a tiny bit skeptical, about the potential of leaktivism to change the world?
    • It’s been an “incredibly big year” for hacktivism and leaktivism so far, said Emma Best, co-founder of nonprofit whistleblower group Distributed Denial of Secrets.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leaktivism. 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