activism

activism

English

Etymology

active +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪz.m̩/, /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm̩/

Noun

activism (countable and uncountable, plural activisms)

1. The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.

Derived terms

• artivism
• clicktivism
• craftivism
• cyberactivism
• e-activism
• hacktivism
• judicial activism
• slacktivism
• transactivism

 

Related terms

• activist
• activistic

Translations

practice of using action to achieve a result

Arabic: نَشَاطِيَّة‎ f (našāṭiyya) Catalan: activisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 行動主義 (zh), 行动主义 (zh) (xíngdòngzhǔyì) Czech: aktivismus (cs) m Danish: aktivisme c Dutch: activisme (nl) n Esperanto: aktivismo Finnish: aktivismi (fi) French: activisme (fr) m Galician: activismo (gl) m German: Aktivismus m Greek: ακτιβισμός (el) m (aktivismós) Icelandic: aktívismi m Italian: attivismo m Norwegian: Bokmål: aktivisme (no) m Occitan: activisme (oc) m Polish: aktywizm (pl) m Portuguese: ativismo (pt) m Russian: акти́вность (ru) f (aktívnostʹ), активи́зм (ru) (aktivízm) (esp. in politics) Serbo-Croatian: aktivizam (sh) m Spanish: activismo (es) m Swedish: aktivism (sv) Turkish: eylemcilik (tr), aktivizm (tr), etkincilik (tr) Ukrainian: активі́зм m (aktyvízm)