political activism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandactivism
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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activism
noun[U]
us//uk/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪ.zəm/
the use of direct and noticeable action to achieve a result, usually a political or ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandactivismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpolitical activism
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A high perception of costs should inhibitpoliticalactivism.
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Within this carefully defined environment, community organizations were the vanguard ofpoliticalactivism encompassing, among many others, social movements to protect patients' rights.
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Those that had witnessed a corrupt act also expressed more willingness to take part inpoliticalactivism.
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People that had known an act of corruption were more likely to take part inpoliticalactivism.
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Notable is that most of the variance inpoliticalactivismis left unexplained.
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The medical significance of the fall-out from thepoliticalactivismof these post-war years should not be underestimated.
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The newpoliticalactivismwas characteristic only of a very small minority - a few handfuls - of citizens.
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The editors see the emergingpoliticalactivismby seniors in a dual perspective.
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Another is to contribute to the political project of cultural studies, via the uncomplicated strategy of focusing on music that accompaniespoliticalactivism.
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Yet it has little to do withpoliticalactivism.
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This indicates that associational membership directly influencespoliticalactivism, not through social trust.
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First, most types of social involvement have significant effects onpoliticalactivism.
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This shows that social trust plays no role in stimulatingpoliticalactivism.
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As it happened, literature managed to express the new nationalist concerns well before and much better than architecture, academic history, orpoliticalactivism.
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The words 'radical' and 'engaged', conversely, become ways of talking about theatre interested in social change while modifying implications of directpoliticalactivism.
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This article focuses on her ideology, the reasons for her success and the motivation for herpoliticalactivism.
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A fuller explanation of why such differences existed would enhance the author's analysis of how race, ethnicity and class shaped women'spoliticalactivism.
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The mass uprooting of the population further fostered discontent andpoliticalactivismamong them, leading the authorities to adopt an even more repressive policy.
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Politicalactivismwith respect to policy has been lively and broad-based, even extending to rural areas.
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Dissatisfaction with civic government surfaced in a variety of forms including strikes,politicalactivismand rioting in the streets.
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