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noun

activism

a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

In a sentence

Six example sentences with activism, each labelled with its topic.

  • Decades of activism kept the wetland from being drained, and the herons that returned now draw visitors every March.

    Environment

  • Folk clubs in the sixties were where activism and songwriting met, and the two are still hard to separate there.

    Music

  • Student activism reshaped the university calendar, with sit-ins in the registrar's office that lasted through two full terms.

    History

  • Her activism began with a petition about a crossing near the school and ended with a seat on the city council.

    Politics

  • The poster collective treated printing as activism, pasting a thousand copies around the city before each vote.

    Art

  • Player activism reached the league office when the union demanded that every arena serve as a polling place.

    Basketball

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