Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A proponent or practitioner of activism.
- adjective Of, relating to, or engaged in activism.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an activist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun one who is aggressively active on behalf of a cause.
- adjective advocating a cause or engaged in activism.
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- noun one who is
politically active in the role of acitizen ; especially, one whocampaigns forchange - noun one who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
- adjective Behaving as an activist.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective advocating or engaged in activism
- noun a militant reformer
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think people can be confused by the term "activist".
Marianne Schnall: Be the Change: Inspiration and Advice from Activists and Celebrities Marianne Schnall 2011
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You know, the term activist judge wearing its hat again with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
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So, Carol, we hear the term activist judge a lot lately.
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The term activist judge refers to judges who make rulings based on what they feel the law SHOULD be.
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Others have mentioned to me that the word activist conjures echoes of communist, terrorist, and feminist.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kavita N. Ramdas 2011
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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.
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What if all the activist is asking is that the animals be treated * humanely*?
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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.
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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.
Balkinization 2005
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If you thought he was talking tough before, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is hitting harder at what he calls activist judges.
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July 31, 2013