upstander
Definitions
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- noun A person who stands up for something, as contrasted to a bystander who remains inactive.
Examples
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To become an upstander means instead of bystander apathy, we can post a positive comment for someone or report a bullying situation.
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Vieira de Mello personifies Power's concept of an upstander, someone who doesn't simply stand by when injustices occur.
John Prendergast: Human Rights Leader Samantha Power on the Life of a United Nations Icon
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Our hero (Donald Sutherland) was a naive go-along guy who finally realized he had to be an upstander instead of a bystander.
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They educated themselves about the roles of bully, victim, bystander, and upstander -- someone who takes a positive stand on behalf of others.
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It sees itself, such as it is, the it, as something that will create the impression that there will be political cost, there will be a political price to be paid, for allowing genocide, for not having an heroic imagination, for not being an upstander but for being, in fact, a bystander.
Note
The word 'upstander' in the first sense here is a play on the word 'bystander' and the idea of 'standing up' for something.
