advocacy
Syllables: ad·vo·ca·cy/ædˈvokəsi//ˈæd.və.kə.si/
advocacy noun: the profession of an advocate.
Noun
advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)
- The profession of an advocate.
- The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
- “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...2024 December 24, Aaron Pellish, “Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’”, in CNN
- The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.
advocacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
advocacy in Hindi
- the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
- समर्थन samarthan
advocacy in Tamil
- வழக்குரை தொழில், ஆதரித்து வாதாடுதல், ஒட்டி வழக்காடுதல், காத்துக்கோடல், காத்துபேசல், காத்து வழக்காடல்
advocacy in Urdu
- حمایت, پیرو کاری, وکالت
advocacy in Bengali
- advocacy
- ওকালতি ōkaloti, ওকালত ōkalot
More languagesFewer languages
- advocacy in Telugu
- న్యాయవాదము
- advocacy in Malayalam
- വക്കാലത്ത്, ശിപാർശ, പിൻബലം, അന്യനുവേണ്ടി വാദിക്കൽ
- advocacy in Kannada
- ವಕಾಲತ್ತು
- advocacy in Punjabi
- ਵਕਾਲਤ, ਵਕਾਲਤ ਕਰੋ
- advocacy in Gujarati
- હિમાયત
- advocacy in Arabic
- محاماة, تَأْييد, مُنَاصَرَة munāṣara
- advocacy in Malay
- perakuan, anjuran, rayuan, sokongan
- advocacy in Indonesian
- keadvokatan, advokasi, pembelaan
Examples of advocacy in a sentence
- He was also known for his advocacy in preserving the 'Namgis culture and language.
- Brown's longstanding advocacy for the “Richonne” ship is especially illustrative to consider.
- They include different needs across disciplines, difficulty in systems use, privacy concerns and the need for advocacy.
Forms of advocacy
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Origin of advocacy
From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate + -cy.
Words formed from advocacy
Phrases with advocacy
Questions about advocacy
- What does advocacy mean?
- Advocacy means the profession of an advocate.
- What is advocacy in Hindi?
- Advocacy in Hindi is समर्थन (samarthan). See Advocacy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is advocacy?
- Advocacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce advocacy?
- Advocacy is pronounced /ˈæd.və.kə.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of advocacy?
- The plural of advocacy is advocacies.
Words near advocacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: advocacy (page history and authors); advocacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); advocacy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ওকালত (Bengali) (page history and authors); advocacy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); advocacy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); advocacy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); advocacy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); advocacy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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