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ACTIVIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A militant reformer
Synonyms:
activist; militant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("activist" is a kind of...):
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "activist"):
Black Muslim (an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam)
Black Panther (a member of the Black Panthers political party)
Instance hyponyms:
Malcolm Little; Malcolm X (militant civil rights leader (1925-1965))
Derivation:
activism (a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal)
activist (advocating or engaged in activism)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advocating or engaged in activism
Synonyms:
activist; activistic
Classified under:
Similar:
active (disposed to take action or effectuate change)
Derivation:
activist (a militant reformer)
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