Definition of advocacy Advocacy

/æˈdvʌkʌsi/ - [atdvukusee] - ad•vo•ca•cy

We found 8 definitions of advocacy from 6 different sources.

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What does advocacy mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: advocacies

advocacy - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
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  support a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support"
  drumbeat a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
  insistency, insistence the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • advocacy (n.)
    The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • advocacy
    The profession or work of an advocate.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • advocacy
    ad′vo-ka-si, n. the function of an advocate: a pleading for: defence. [See Advocate.]

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