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): /ˈæd.və.kə.si/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (North India) IPA^(key): /ăɖ.vɒ.kă.si/
• (South India) IPA^(key): /ăɖ.vo.kă.si/
• (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.
   • 2024 December 24, Aaron Pellish, “Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’”, in CNN‎:

     “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.

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