activist
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈæktɪvɪst/
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activista
- The truth exposed by Ashcroft ended up accelerating the activist assault on American detention policies.
- political activists
- rights activists
- youth activists
He was a a labor activist, blue collar guy.
- He was a a labor activist, blue collar guy.
- And America just would not protect these activists that get threats from dictators.
- So Lawrence, your CV, actor, musician, activist, politician, presenter.
- I know lots of activists on the left and the right.
- She just was describing this anti-gay activist named Anita Bryant in the video.
- I mean, what is life like for pro democracy activists in Myanmar today?
- It's a term created by activists, not me, right?
- It's sometimes easy to be an activist in terms of just saying stuff.
- Now, lots of disability activists would disagree with me.
- activist, public health official, activist, minister, you name it.
- Here's how I feel that on the trans activist side, there is a refusal.
Examples
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Right now he's with a political activist from West Africa.
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Today we are joined by YouTube activist and now author Gigi Gorgeous.
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In Canada, all the women came to politics from an activist platform.
Academic text (2011) -
I know lots of activists on the left and the right.
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Animal rights activists drove him out of the States.
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Trans rights activists were training the media.
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He was a a labor activist, blue collar guy.
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All that time, I continued as one of the left-wing activists in the Brigade.
Fiction book (1993) -
For another, the activists themselves may find democracy less conducive to their ends than populism.
Academic text (2011) -
The young activist organized a rally to raise awareness about climate change.
Synonyms
282
4.1
A person who supports a cause or policy in public
100
3.5
A person who works to make society or its institutions better
70
7.5
A person who speaks against the government or its leaders and may be punished
32
5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
27
3.7
A person who works to bring political or social change, including someone running for office
16
6.5
A person who stirs up strong public feelings for political change
1
4.3
A person who works to make positive change in a community or organization
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
4
7.5
A judge who decides cases based on personal beliefs to promote social change
How Active
164
7.4
542
2.5
- US
149
2.8
27
3.7
817
1.0
84
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Activist comes from active, which means 'doing' or 'full of action', plus the ending -ist, which means 'a person'. So an activist is a person who takes action to bring political or social change.