Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy; active support.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal.
- noun A lawsuit; a plea or pleading: as, “advocacies newe,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
profession of anadvocate - noun the act of
arguing infavour of, orsupporting something - noun the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
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Examples
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GOLDBERG: Al Manar -- Al Man adds new meaning to the term advocacy journalism.
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Perhaps his advocacy is against Bush rather than for Kerry, but he grasps that the only practical channel for that advocacy is supporting the Democratic nominee, regardless of the compromises that support entails for folks of Chomsky's ideological stripes.
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Perhaps his advocacy is against Bush rather than for Kerry, but he grasps that the only practical channel for that advocacy is supporting the Democratic nominee, regardless of the compromises that support entails for folks of Chomsky's ideological stripes.
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Perhaps his advocacy is against Bush rather than for Kerry, but he grasps that the only practical channel for that advocacy is supporting the Democratic nominee, regardless of the compromises that support entails for folks of Chomsky's ideological stripes.
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Perhaps his advocacy is against Bush rather than for Kerry, but he grasps that the only practical channel for that advocacy is supporting the Democratic nominee, regardless of the compromises that support entails for folks of Chomsky's ideological stripes.
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And while $100 million is an incredible amount of money, conditional gifts should still be treated with healthy skepticism, because usually they are given in advocacy of one side of the debate or the other.
Chris Lehmann: The Rule Of Law Chris Lehmann 2010
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And while $100 million is an incredible amount of money, conditional gifts should still be treated with healthy skepticism, because usually they are given in advocacy of one side of the debate or the other.
Chris Lehmann: The Rule Of Law Chris Lehmann 2010
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I will be the first to acknowledge that AAA was and is an important partner in advocacy campaigns from seatbelts to helmets.
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Does your position flow from concerns about political expediency (ie., gun control advocacy is bad for progressive politics)?
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Another guy, like most of the Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, who derived much of his position and advocacy from a theistic viewpoint.
Taxes, Independence, and Canada, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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