advocacy

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advocacy

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Etymology

From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate +‎ -acy.

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈædvəkəsi/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ʌɖˈvoːkʌsi/
• (Ghana) IPA^(key): /ædˈvokəsi/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ædˈvoʊkəsi/

• Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ca‧cy

Noun

advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)

1. The profession of an advocate.
2. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
3. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.

Derived terms

• advocacy group
• advocacy planning
• advocacy research
• badvocacy
• cyberadvocacy
• devil's advocacy
• hyperadvocacy
• media advocacy
• nonadvocacy
• self-advocacy

Translations

the profession of an advocate

Arabic: محاماة f Bulgarian: адвока́тство n (advokátstvo) Finnish: asianajo French: barreau (fr) m Galician: avogacía (gl) f Georgian: ადვოკატურა (advoḳaṭura) Indonesian: keadvokatan Irish: abhcóideacht f Italian: avvocatura (it) Polish: adwokatura (pl) f Portuguese: advocacia (pt) f Russian: адвокату́ра (ru) f (advokatúra), адвока́тство (ru) n (advokátstvo) Spanish: abogacía (es) f Turkish: avukatlık (tr)

the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something

Arabic: تَأْييد m Bulgarian: защи́та (bg) (zaštíta), застъ́пничество (bg) n (zastǎ́pničestvo) Danish: forsvar Dutch: belangenbehartiging (nl) Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puolesta puhuminen French: mobilisation (fr), promotion (fr) Georgian: მხარდაჭერა (mxardač̣era) German: Fürsprache (de) f, Befürwortung (de) f Indonesian: advokasi (id), pembelaan (id) Irish: abhcóideacht f Italian: difesa (it), sostegno (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: forsvar Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), засту́пничество (ru) n (zastúpničestvo) Spanish: apoyo (es) m, defensa (es) f, advocación (es) f, promoción (es) f, abogamiento (es) m (disused)

the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

Arabic: مُنَاصَرَة f (munāṣara) Bulgarian: подкрепа (bg) f (podkrepa) Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puoltaminen (fi) Indonesian: advokasi (id) Irish: abhcóideacht f Italian: sostegno (it), propaganda (it) Malay: perakuan, anjuran, rayuan, sokongan (ms), sokongan (ms), pembelaan Russian: подде́ржка (ru) f (poddéržka)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English advocacy. First attested in 1997.

Noun

advocacy f (uncountable)

1. advocacy