advocacy

English

Etymology

From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.və.kə.si/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /əɖˈvɔ~o.kəsi/
• (Ghana) IPA^(key): /ædˈvokəsi/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ædˈvoʊkəsi/

• Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ca‧cy

Noun

advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)

1. The profession of an advocate.
2. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
   • 2024 December 24, Aaron Pellish, “Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.

3. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.

Derived terms

• advocacy group
• advocacy planning
• advocacy research
• badvocacy
• cyberadvocacy
• devil's advocacy
• hyperadvocacy
• media advocacy
• nonadvocacy
• self-advocacy

Translations

the profession of an advocate

• Arabic: محاماة f
• Bulgarian: адвока́тство n (advokátstvo)
• Finnish: asianajo
• French: barreau (fr) m
• Galician: avogacía (gl) f
• Georgian: ადვოკატურა (advoḳaṭura)
• Indonesian: keadvokatan
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: avvocatura (it)
• Polish: adwokatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: advocacia (pt) f
• Russian: адвокату́ра (ru) f (advokatúra), адвока́тство (ru) n (advokátstvo)
• Spanish: abogacía (es) f
• Turkish: avukatlık (tr)

the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something

• Arabic: تَأْييد m
• Bulgarian: защи́та (bg) (zaštíta), застъ́пничество (bg) n (zastǎ́pničestvo)
• Danish: forsvar
• Dutch: belangenbehartiging (nl)
• Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puolesta puhuminen
• French: mobilisation (fr), promotion (fr)
• Georgian: მხარდაჭერა (mxardač̣era)
• German: Fürsprache (de) f, Befürwortung (de) f
• Indonesian: advokasi (id), pembelaan (id)
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: difesa (it), sostegno (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvar

• Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), засту́пничество (ru) n (zastúpničestvo)
• Spanish: apoyo (es) m, defensa (es) f, advocación (es) f, promoción (es) f, abogamiento (es) m (disused)

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)
• Hindi: समर्थन (hi) m (samarthan)
• Indonesian: advokasi (id)
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: sostegno (it), propaganda (it)
• Malay: perakuan, anjuran, rayuan, sokongan (ms), sokongan (ms), pembelaan
• Russian: подде́ржка (ru) f (poddéržka)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English advocacy. First attested in 1997.

Noun

advocacy f (uncountable)

1. advocacy