"advocacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæd.və.kə.si/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ædˈvo.kə.si/ (note: Ghana), /ædˈvoʊ.kə.si/ [Philippines] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-advocacy.wav Forms: advocacies [plural]
Rhymes: -ædvəkəsi Etymology: From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate + -acy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|advocacie}} Middle English advocacie, {{der|en|frm|advocacie}} Middle French advocacie, {{der|en|ML.|advocātia}} Medieval Latin advocātia, {{suffix|en|advocate|acy}} advocate + -acy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)
  1. The profession of an advocate. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the profession of an advocate): محاماة [feminine] (Arabic), адвока́тство (advokátstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), asianajo (Finnish), barreau [masculine] (French), avogacía [feminine] (Galician), keadvokatan (Indonesian), abhcóideacht [feminine] (Irish), avvocatura (Italian), adwokatura [feminine] (Polish), advocacia [feminine] (Portuguese), адвокату́ра (advokatúra) [feminine] (Russian), адвока́тство (advokátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), abogacía [feminine] (Spanish), avukatlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-advocacy-en-noun-YNar8t7X Disambiguation of 'the profession of an advocate': 98 1 1
  2. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something): تَأْييد [masculine] (Arabic), защи́та (zaštíta) (Bulgarian), застъ́пничество (zastǎ́pničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), forsvar (Danish), belangenbehartiging (Dutch), kannatus (Finnish), kannattaminen (Finnish), puolesta puhuminen (Finnish), mobilisation (French), promotion (French), Fürsprache [feminine] (German), Befürwortung [feminine] (German), advokasi (Indonesian), pembelaan (Indonesian), abhcóideacht [feminine] (Irish), difesa (Italian), sostegno (Italian), forsvar (Norwegian Bokmål), защи́та (zaščíta) [feminine] (Russian), засту́пничество (zastúpničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), apoyo [masculine] (Spanish), defensa [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard): مُنَاصَرَة (munāṣara) [feminine] (Arabic), подкрепа (podkrepa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kannatus (Finnish), kannattaminen (Finnish), puoltaminen (Finnish), advokasi (Indonesian), abhcóideacht [feminine] (Irish), sostegno (Italian), propaganda (Italian), perakuan (Malay), anjuran (Malay), rayuan (Malay), sokongan (Malay), pembelaan (Malay), подде́ржка (poddéržka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-advocacy-en-noun-ltlxPcwh Disambiguation of 'the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: advocacy group, advocacy planning, advocacy research, badvocacy, cyberadvocacy, devil's advocacy, hyperadvocacy, media advocacy, nonadvocacy, self-advocacy

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ædˈvo.kə.si/",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "محاماة"
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      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
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      "word": "адвока́тство"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "word": "asianajo"
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      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "barreau"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "avogacía"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "word": "keadvokatan"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "abhcóideacht"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "word": "avvocatura"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "adwokatura"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "advocacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "advokatúra",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "адвокату́ра"
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      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
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      "word": "адвока́тство"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abogacía"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "the profession of an advocate",
      "word": "avukatlık"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "تَأْييد"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaštíta",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "защи́та"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zastǎ́pničestvo",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
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      "word": "застъ́пничество"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "forsvar"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "belangenbehartiging"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "kannatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "kannattaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "puolesta puhuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "mobilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "promotion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fürsprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Befürwortung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "advokasi"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "pembelaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abhcóideacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "difesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "sostegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "word": "forsvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščíta",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "защи́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastúpničestvo",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "засту́пничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apoyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "defensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munāṣara",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُنَاصَرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkrepa",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подкрепа"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "kannatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "kannattaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "puoltaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "advokasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abhcóideacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "sostegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "propaganda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "perakuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "anjuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "rayuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "sokongan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "sokongan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "word": "pembelaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddéržka",
      "sense": "the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подде́ржка"
    }
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    "advocacy"
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