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voluntaristic

UK/vɒləntəˈɹɪstɪk/

voluntaristic adjective: pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.

Adjective

voluntaristic (comparative more voluntaristic, superlative most voluntaristic)

  1. Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
    • Open space, the incursions of commercialism and the growing prestige of polite society produced an urban environment increasingly consonant with the voluntaristic collective culture of the philosophes.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 183

Forms of voluntaristic

comparativemore voluntaristic
superlativemost voluntaristic

Origin of voluntaristic

From voluntarist + -ic or voluntary + -istic.

Questions about voluntaristic

What does voluntaristic mean?
Voluntaristic means pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
What part of speech is voluntaristic?
Voluntaristic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce voluntaristic?
Voluntaristic is pronounced /vɒləntəˈɹɪstɪk/ (UK).

Words near voluntaristic in the dictionary

  1. voluntariness
  2. voluntarinesses
  3. voluntarism
  4. voluntarisms
  5. voluntarist
  6. voluntaristic
  7. voluntarists
  8. voluntarity
  9. voluntary
  10. voluntary agent
  11. voluntary agents

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