advocacy

advocacy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.vəˌkə.si/

Noun

advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)

1. the profession of an advocate
2. the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something
3. the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

Translations

the profession of an advocate

Arabic: محاماة‎ f Bulgarian: адвока́тство n (advokátstvo) Finnish: asianajo French: barreau (fr) m Irish: abhcóideacht f

Polish: adwokatura (pl) f Portuguese: advocacia (pt) f Russian: адвокату́ра (ru) f (advokatúra), адвока́тство (ru) n (advokátstvo) Turkish: avukatlık (tr)

the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something

Arabic: تَأْييد‎ m Bulgarian: защи́та (bg) (zaštíta), застъ̀пничество (bg) n (zastǎ̀pničestvo) Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puolesta puhuminen French: mobilisation (fr), promotion (fr) German: Fürsprache f, Befürwortung f

Irish: abhcóideacht f Norwegian: Bokmål: forsvar Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), засту́пничество (ru) n (zastúpničestvo) Spanish: apoyo (es) m, defensa (es) f

the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

Arabic: مُنَاصَرَة‎ f (munāṣara) Bulgarian: подкрепа (bg) f (podkrepa) Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puoltaminen (fi)

Irish: abhcóideacht f Russian: подде́ржка (ru) f (poddéržka)