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volunteerism

volunteerism noun: reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.

Noun

volunteerism (countable and uncountable, plural volunteerisms)

  1. (US) Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.
  2. The tendency to volunteer; the activity of volunteering.
    • His volunteerism eventually burned him out.

Forms of volunteerism

pluralvolunteerisms

Origin of volunteerism

From volunteer + -ism.

Questions about volunteerism

What does volunteerism mean?
Volunteerism means reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.
What part of speech is volunteerism?
Volunteerism is a noun.
What is the plural of volunteerism?
The plural of volunteerism is volunteerisms.

Words near volunteerism in the dictionary

  1. volunteer snooker
  2. Volunteer State
  3. Volunteer Stater
  4. volunteered
  5. volunteering
  6. volunteerism
  7. volunteerisms
  8. volunteerist
  9. volunteeristic
  10. volunteerists
  11. volunteerly

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