voluntarism
noun/ˈvɒ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/UK/ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/US
Etymology
From voluntary + -ism.
- derived from voluntārius
- derived from volontaire
- inherited from voluntarie
Definitions
A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end
A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.
The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of…
The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
The neighborhood
- neighborvoluntaryism
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for voluntarism. 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