activist

English

Etymology

active +‎ -ist

Noun

activist (plural activists)

1. one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change
2. one who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.

Derived terms

• activistic
• direct activist

Related terms

• activism

Synonyms

• mover and shaker

Translations

one who is politically active

• Arabic: ناشط (ar)
• Armenian: ակտիվիստ (hy) (aktivist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活躍分子 (cmn), 活跃分子 (cmn) (huóyuè fènzǐ), 活動分子 (cmn), 活动分子 (cmn) (huódòng fènzǐ), 活動家 (cmn), 活动家 (cmn) (huódòngjiā), 積極分子 (cmn), 积极分子 (cmn) (jījí fènzǐ)

• Czech: aktivista (cs) m
• Danish: aktivist (da) c
• Esperanto: aktivulo (eo)
• Finnish: aktivisti (fi)
• French: activiste (fr), militant (fr) m

• German: Aktivist (de) m, Aktivistin (de) f
• Hebrew: פעיל (pa'yl) m, פעילה (pe'ila) f
• Ido: aktivisto
• Italian: attivista (it) m
• Japanese: 活動家 (ja) (かつどうか, katsudōka)
• Jèrriais: activiste m and f
• Romanian: activist m, activistă f
• Russian: активист (ru) (aktivíst) m, активистка (ru) (aktivístka) f
• Spanish: activista (es) m and f
• Swedish: aktivist (sv) c
• Turkish: eylemci (tr), etkinci (tr)

Adjective

activist (comparative more activist, superlative most activist)

1. Behaving as an activist.
   • 1971 September 26, “They Will Affect The Nation For Years To Come”, New York Times:

     Even in the area of free speech, Justice Harlan sometimes emerged as more activist than his brother

   • 2009 December 10, “Angst Over GM's Activist Board”, BusinessWeek: 

     Now GM has what may well be the most activist board ever.

   • 2012 June 1, “Gov. Christie's court pick blocked”, Cherry Hill Courier Post (NJ):

     Gov. Chris Christie has long complained that New Jersey's Supreme Court is too liberal and too activist

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Romanian

Noun

activist m (plural activiști; feminine equivalent activistă)

1. activist

Declension

declension of activist

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un activist	activistul	niște activiști	activiștii
genitive/dative	unui activist	activistului	unor activiști	activiștilor