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Definition: Activism |
ActivismNoun1. A policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Activism |
| English words defined with "activism": activist, activistic ♦ judicial activism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "activism": political involvement, political participation. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
There are many different forms of activism; a select list follows.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Activism."
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Business | Buddhist monasteries and pro-independence activism are closely associated in Tibet. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | This threat of possible deregistration inhibits political activism. (references) |
Vietnam | Religious figures encountered the greatest restrictions on their activities when they engaged in activities that the CPV perceives as political activism and a challenge to its rule. (references) | |
Turkey | Many prosecutors regard proselytizing and religious activism on the part of evangelical Christians, and particularly Islamists, with suspicion, particularly when such activities are deemed to have political overtones. (references) | |
Economic History | Lebanon | There is a very high degree of political activism among religious leaders across the sectarian spectrum. (references) |
Egypt | Although the cumulative effect of these measures has been minor so far, they are a welcome sign of new activism. (references) | |
Czech Republic | The roots of the 1989 Civic Forum movement that came to power during the "Velvet Revolution" lie in human rights activism. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Human rights observers claim that he was arrested because of his political activism, but the police state that he is connected to the LTTE. (references) |
Laos | Militia usually concern themselves more with petty crime and instances of moral turpitude than with political activism, although some rural militia may be used for security against insurgents. (references) | |
Brazil | The ICFTU reported that Oliveira's murder was a result of his worker rights activism and his efforts to end the exploitation of child labor by rural landowners and called for a complete investigation into the killing. (references) | |
Minorities | China | Kadeer, her son, and her secretary were arrested while on their way to meet a visiting foreign delegation in 1999. Many foreign observers believe Kadeer was singled out for her activism on behalf of Uighurs and for her husband's involvement with Uighur causes and Radio Free Asia in the United States. (references) |
Political Economy | Morocco | More recently Morocco's early activism in the search for peace in the Middle East has made the Kingdom a valuable partner on the international stage. (references) |
Women | Bulgaria | After several years of activism on the part of various NGO groups, the taboo against acknowledging and talking about domestic violence and violence against women has been broken. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | Chinese authorities closely associate Buddhist monasteries with proindependence activism in Tibet. (references) |
China | Individuals accused of political activism faced ongoing and serious harassment and abuse during the year. (references) | |
China | There were reports of the death of political prisoners as well as the imprisonment and abuse or torture of nuns and monks accused of political activism. (references) | |
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Rush Limbaugh | But if the ELF acronym is mostly unfamiliar on the East Coast, it has long been a reference point in the Pacific Northwest for illegal and extreme environmental activism that law enforcement officials call eco-terrorism. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | I am speaking of a new engagement in the lives of others, a new activism, hands-on and involved, that gets the job done. |
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| "Activism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Activism" is used about 113 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 113 | 30,464 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "activism": judicial activism. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "activism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 行动主义 (activistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | activisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aktivismus (activisms). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακτιβισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ×¤×¢×œ×ª× ×•×ª (activity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attivismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | activismay ativismo. (various references) активизм. (various references) activismo (militancy). (various references) активізм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "activism": activisms. (additional references) | |
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"Activism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: activi, activies, activise, activus, aktivis, ativism, nativism. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "activism" (pronounced a"ktivi'zum) |
| 8 | -k t i v i' z u m | collectivism. |
| 7 | -t i v i' z u m | nativism, negativism, positivism, relativism. |
| 6 | -i v i' z u m | recidivism. |
| 5 | -v i' z u m | atavism, bolshevism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, naturalism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-m-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: victims. | |
-2 letters: civism, mastic, misact, viatic, victim. | |
-3 letters: amici, maist, mavis, micas, mitis, tamis, vatic, visit, vista. | |
-4 letters: acts, aims, aits, amis, asci, cams, cast, cats, cist, macs, mast, mats, mica, mist, sati, scam, scat, sima, smit, tams, tavs, tics, vacs, vast, vats, vims, visa, vita. | |
-5 letters: act, aim, ais, ait, ami, cam, cat, cis, ism, its, mac, mas, mat, mis, sac, sat, sic, sim, sit, tam, tas, tav, tic, tis, vac, vas, vat, via, vim, vis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-m-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: activisms, viaticums. | |
+4 letters: carminatives. | |
+5 letters: commiserative, comparativist, corporativism, ovariectomies, vasectomizing, vocationalism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74 69 76 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. - .. ...- .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t i v i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 0069 0076 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3569867588758579 |
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