activist
US/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/
activist noun: one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
Noun
activist (plural activists)
- One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
- The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge.2023 January 11, “Network News: Court decision overturned: Six HS2 activists face retrial”, in RAIL, number 974, page 9
- One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
Adjective
activist (comparative more activist, superlative most activist)
- Behaving as an activist.
- Even in the area of free speech, Justice Harlan sometimes emerged as more activist than his brother1971 September 26, “They Will Affect The Nation For Years To Come”, in New York Times
- These cell-phoned crowds are activist but not militant; today’s “mobe” is no mob.2000 April 13, William Safire, “Essay: Here Come the Big Parades”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
activist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
activist in Hindi
- one who is politically active
- कार्यकर्ता kāryakartā
activist in Tamil
- செயல்வாதி, செயல் திறனாளர், கொள்கையாளர், செயற்பாட்டாளர், சமூகப்போராளி, புரட்சியாளர்
activist in Marathi
- one who is politically active
- कार्यकर्ता kāryakartā
activist in Bengali
- activist; a member of a political party or organization who performs specific tasks
- কর্মী kormi
More languagesFewer languages
- activist in Malayalam
- പ്രവർത്തകൻ pravaṟttakaṉ
- activist in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಯಾವಾದಿ
- activist in Arabic
- نَاشِط nāšiṭ, نَاشِطَة nāšiṭa
- activist in Indonesian
- aktivis
- activist in Persian
- فعال fa'âl
- activist in Thai
- นักประท้วง nák-bprà-túuang
- activist in Vietnamese
- phần tử tích cực
Examples of activist in a sentence
- Now GM has what may well be the most activist board ever.2009 December 10, “Angst Over GM's Activist Board”, in BusinessWeek:
- Chris Christie has long complained that New Jersey's Supreme Court is too liberal and too activist2012 June 1, “Gov. Christie's court pick blocked”, in Cherry Hill Courier Post (NJ):
Synonyms of activist
Forms of activist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | activists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more activist |
| superlative | most activist |
Origin of activist
From active + -ist.
Words formed from activist
- activistic
- activist investor
- activist judge
- activist justice
- actorvist
- animal activist
- antiactivist
- artivist
- blacktivist
- clicktivist
- craftivist
- cyberactivist
- direct activist
- e-activist
- ecoactivist
- fat activist
- fracktivist
- hacktivist
- inactivist
- intactivist
- kayaktivist
- leaktivist
- nonactivist
- proactivist
- raptivist
- slacktivist
- transactivist
Phrases with activist
Questions about activist
- What does activist mean?
- Activist means one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
- What is activist in Hindi?
- Activist in Hindi is कार्यकर्ता (kāryakartā). See Activist meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use activist in a sentence?
- Now GM has what may well be the most activist board ever.
- What part of speech is activist?
- Activist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce activist?
- Activist is pronounced /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/ (US).
- What is the plural of activist?
- The plural of activist is activists.
Words near activist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: activist (page history and authors); activist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কর্মী (Bengali) (page history and authors); പ്രവർത്തകൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); activist (Kannada 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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