activism
UK/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
activism noun: 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.
Noun
activism (countable and uncountable, plural activisms)
- 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.
- That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
activism meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
activism in Tamil
- செயற்பாட்டியம், செயல்முனைப்பு
activism in Urdu
- فَعال پَذیری, فعلی اِرادِیَت, فعالیت
activism in Bengali
- সামাজিক, রাজনৈতিক, আন্দোলনধর্মী সক্রিয়তা, সংগঠিত প্রচারণা
activism in Malayalam
- സക്രിയത്വം, ഉത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തുക, റേഡിയോ ആക്റ്റീവാക്കുക, പ്രയോഗക്ഷമമാക്കുക, ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുക, സജീവമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- activism in Arabic
- نَشَاطِيَّة našāṭiyya
- activism in Indonesian
- aktivisme
Examples of activism in a sentence
- Many people have been trolling me due to my activism, but I don't let it get to me.
- He is full-bore into environmental activism.
- Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has "Rickrolled" an audience, all in the name of climate activism.
Forms of activism
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Origin of activism
From active + -ism.
Words formed from activism
Questions about activism
- What does activism mean?
- Activism means 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.
- What is activism in Tamil?
- Activism in Tamil is செயற்பாட்டியம், செயல்முனைப்பு. See Activism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is activism?
- Activism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce activism?
- Activism is pronounced /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of activism?
- The plural of activism is activisms.
Words near activism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: activism (page history and authors); activism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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