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voluntaristic

voluntaristic

8.4
About actions or systems that depend on people choosing rather than being forced by law
  • adjective
  • /ˌvɑːlənˈtɛrɪstɪk/
translation icon : voluntarista
  • The organization prefers voluntaristic methods to engage volunteers without imposing any legal requirements.

Examples

  • Many community programs rely on voluntaristic participation to encourage individuals to contribute their time and skills.

  • The roots of labor's campaign to shape the national security state can be found in two interrelated developments: the eclipsing of labor's voluntaristic approach to the state in favor of a more cooperative model, and the embrace by labor of an economic outlook that can best be described as Social Keynesianism.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The team's voluntaristic approach allows members to choose how they want to participate in the project.

Synonyms

voluntary
vsvoluntaristic
180 3.7

Given by choice, not because someone forced you or paid you

describes a system that depends on people choosing to act rather than legal requirement

Antonyms

mandatory
239 3.8

Law or rules say you must do it

coercive
  • Offensive
26 7.6

Using force or threats to make someone do something

How Voluntary

eager
447 1.0
voluntaristic
8.4
voluntary
180 3.7
willing
∞ 1.0
reluctant
247 3.5
involuntary
73 5.4

Surface Forms

voluntaristic positive

Morphology

voluntaristic = voluntary (semi-transparent) = voluntar + istic

The suffix 'istic' adds a philosophical or theoretical aspect to 'voluntary', which may not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Voluntaristic comes from the same root volunt- as the word volunteer, which carries the idea of 'will' or free choice. So a voluntaristic approach means people take part because they choose to, not because they are forced.