Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A proponent or practitioner of activism: political activists.
- adj. Of, relating to, or engaged in activism.
- adj. Of, relating to, or being an activist.
Wiktionary
- n. one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change
- n. one who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
- adj. Behaving as an activist.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. one who is aggressively active on behalf of a cause.
- adj. advocating a cause or engaged in activism.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. advocating or engaged in activism
- n. a militant reformer
Etymologies
- active + -ist (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I think people can be confused by the term "activist".”
“You know, the term activist judge wearing its hat again with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.”
“So, Carol, we hear the term activist judge a lot lately.”
“The term activist judge refers to judges who make rulings based on what they feel the law SHOULD be.”
“Others have mentioned to me that the word activist conjures echoes of communist, terrorist, and feminist.”
“As an active campaigner, I hate the term activist, I know that the vast majority of the MPs, from all sides of the political spectrum do NOT lie to get elected.”
“What if all the activist is asking is that the animals be treated * humanely*?”
“As such, the Definer decided to offer a kernel or two of opinion on the subject of marriage, to which the AP lent an ear: President Bush said the “sacred institution†of marriage between a man and a woman must be defended against what he called activist court rulings.”
“In a Senate floor speech in which he sharply criticized a recent Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty, Cornyn R-Tex. -- a former Texas Supreme Court justice and member of the Judiciary Committee -- said Americans are growing increasingly frustrated by what he describes as activist jurists.”
“If you thought he was talking tough before, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is hitting harder at what he calls activist judges.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘activist’.
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Sweet tooth fairy dominoes
As originally suggested on sweet tooth fairy domino:
Each person adds one word trying to create a single, potentially infinite sweet tooth fairy (please look it up if you are not familiar wit...banana, boat, house, arrest, warrant, peace, sign, post, box, clever, Hans, device and 119 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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people (good)
nouns for good people / words that describe good people.
go to the bad people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )philanthropist, angel, environmentalist, activist, advocate, volunteer, hero, parent, friend, virtuoso, gentleman, helper and 62 more...
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identifiers
species, sex, age bracket, occupation, hobby .. etc.
man, woman, human being, student, zombie, artist, octopus, race driver, scientist, algorithmist, mathematician, child and 59 more...
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Favorites
disparage, partisan, cupidity, hokum, tussle, odious, dastardly, overture, plane, chronic, peering, peer and 328 more...
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 229 more...
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GrantNeufeld's Words
community, revolutionary, knitting, knitter, activist, cooperation, collaboration, democracy, change, progressive, green, environment and 39 more...
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Zimbabwoe
A list of words and terminology culled from the media in relation to the political situation in Zimbabwe. List commenced April 2008.
election, poverty, hyperinflation, tsvangirai, mdc, mugabe, zanu pf, activist, stalemate, behind-the-scenes, arrest, election result and 86 more...
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2013-01-16
tactics, doozy, cursory, haste, circuit, dispute, peckish, activist
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For my Speaking
I think these words are very common and useful to be used in any conversation.
every now and then, broaden (widen) s..., research into, success story, unmissable, concentrate, activist, pressing, to the point of, sociable
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