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advocacy — advocate ► NOUN 1) a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. 2) a person who pleads a case on someone else s behalf. 3) Scottish term for BARRISTER(Cf. ↑barrister). ► VERB ▪ publicly recommend or support. DER … English terms dictionary
advocacy group — UK US noun [countable] [singular advocacy group plural advocacy groups] a group of people who work to support an issue or protect and defend a group of people a children’s advocacy group Thesaurus: groups of people with s … Useful english dictionary
advocacy — ad·vo·ca·cy / ad və kə sē/ n 1: the profession or work of an advocate 2: the action of advocating, pleading for, or supporting a cause or proposal a consequence of his moving advocacy W. O. Douglas Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
advocacy — UK US /ˈædvəkəsi/ noun [U] ► public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something: an advocacy group/organization »He got a reminder from the business advocacy group that he should be looking at taxes. ► LAW the work of defending people in… … Financial and business terms
advocacy journalism — noun : journalism that advocates a cause or expresses a viewpoint • advocacy journalist noun * * * advocacy journalism, journalism that promotes a particular point of view, especially in news articles … Useful english dictionary
advocacy group — advocacy ,group noun count a group of people who work to protect and defend an issue or a group of people: a children s advocacy group … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
advocacy journalism — noun Date: 1970 journalism that advocates a cause or expresses a viewpoint • advocacy journalist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
advocacy journalist — noun see advocacy journalism … New Collegiate Dictionary
advocacy — noun Advocacy is used before these nouns: ↑group … Collocations dictionary
advocacy — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. avocacie (14c.), from M.L. advocatia, noun of state from L. advocatus (see ADVOCATE (Cf. advocate) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
advocacy — noun his advocacy of animal rights Syn: support for, backing of, promotion of, championing of; argument for, push for; informal boosterism of … Thesaurus of popular words
