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

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

• Polish: adwokatura 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)