ACTIVISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does activism mean? 

• ACTIVISM (noun)
  The noun ACTIVISM has 1 sense:

1. a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

  Familiarity information: ACTIVISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("activism" is a kind of...):

policy (a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group)

Derivation:

activist (a militant reformer)

activistic (advocating or engaged in activism)