advocacy

advocacy
Synonyms and related words:
abetment, admonition, advice, advising, advocating, advocation, aegis, auspices, backing, briefing, bruiting, buildup, care, caution, caveat, certificate of character, championship, character, character reference, charity, consultation, council, counsel, countenance, credential, direction, drumbeating, encouragement, exhortation, expostulation, favor, flack, fosterage, goodwill, guidance, hortation, idea, instruction, interest, letter of introduction, monition, opinion, parley, patronage, promoting, promotion, proposal, publicization, publicizing, recommend, recommendation, reference, remonstrance, seconding, sponsorship, suggestion, sympathy, testimonial, thought, tutelage, voucher, warning

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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

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