direct actionist
direct actionist noun: synonym of direct activist.
Noun
direct actionist (plural direct actionists)
- Synonym of direct activist.
- Every person who ever had a plan to do anything, and went and did it, or who laid his plan before others, and won their cooperation to do it with him, without going to external authorities to please do the thing for them, was a direct actionist.1912, Voltairine de Cleyre, Direct Action
- The direct actionist does not just refuse to pay taxes to support a militarized school system, she combines with others to try to create a new school system that operates on different principles.2009, David Graeber, Direct Action: An Ethnography, AK Press, →ISBN, page 203
- Synonyms:
- direct activist
Synonyms of direct actionist
Forms of direct actionist
| plural | direct actionists |
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Origin of direct actionist
From direct action + -ist.
Questions about direct actionist
- What does direct actionist mean?
- Direct actionist means synonym of direct activist.
- What part of speech is direct actionist?
- Direct actionist is a noun.
- What is the plural of direct actionist?
- The plural of direct actionist is direct actionists.
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