"volunteerism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: volunteerisms [plural]
Etymology: From volunteer + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|volunteer|ism}} volunteer + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} volunteerism (countable and uncountable, plural volunteerisms)
  1. (US) Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-volunteerism-en-noun-LD611MsT Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 18
  2. The tendency to volunteer; the activity of volunteering. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tendency to volunteer): vapaaehtoistyö (Finnish), εθελοντισμός (ethelontismós) [masculine] (Greek), önkénteskedés (Hungarian), önkéntesség (Hungarian), voluntariat [neuter] (Romanian), волонтёрство (volontjórstvo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-volunteerism-en-noun-tOqPEMr5 Disambiguation of 'tendency to volunteer': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: avocation, voluntarism

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