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Advocacy — is the pursuit of influencing outcomes –including public policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions that directly affect people’s lives. (Cohen, 2001)Therefore, advocacy can be seen as … Wikipedia
advocacy — ad·vo·ca·cy / ad və kə sē/ n 1: the profession or work of an advocate 2: the action of advocating, pleading for, or supporting a cause or proposal a consequence of his moving advocacy W. O. Douglas Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
advocacy — UK US /ˈædvəkəsi/ noun [U] ► public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something: an advocacy group/organization »He got a reminder from the business advocacy group that he should be looking at taxes. ► LAW the work of defending people in… … Financial and business terms
Advocacy — Ad vo*ca*cy, n. [OF. advocatie, LL. advocatia. See {Advocate}.] The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
advocacy — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. avocacie (14c.), from M.L. advocatia, noun of state from L. advocatus (see ADVOCATE (Cf. advocate) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
advocacy — [n] support for an idea or cause advancement, aid, assistance, backing, campaigning for, championing, defense, encouragement, justification, pleading for, promotion, promulgation, propagation, proposal, recommendation, upholding, urging; concept… … New thesaurus
advocacy — [ad′və kə sē] n. [ME & OFr advocacie < ML advocatia < L advocatus: see ADVOCATE] the act of advocating, or speaking or writing in support (of something) … English World dictionary
advocacy — [[t]æ̱dvəkəsi[/t]] 1) N SING: usu poss N of n Someone s advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly. [FORMAL] I support your advocacy of free trade. Syn: support for 2) N UNCOUNT Advocacy is the way in which… … English dictionary
advocacy — /ad veuh keuh see/, n., pl. advocacies. the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal: He was known for his advocacy of states rights. [1375 1425; late ME advocacye < ML advocatia. See ADVOCATE, ACY] * * * … Universalium
advocacy — noun Advocacy is used before these nouns: ↑group … Collocations dictionary
advocacy — ad|vo|ca|cy [ ædvəkəsi ] noun uncount strong public support for something: He has been widely criticized for his advocacy of shorter prison sentences … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
