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／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)