activist

[US]/ˈæktɪvɪst/
[UK]/ˈæktɪvɪst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. proponent of a cause; radical advocate

Example Sentences

an activist with a flair for publicity

a hard-core political activist

He's been a trade union activist for many years.

Activists are increasing in number day by day.

The peace activists marched en masse to the capitol.

the activists urged militant factions to rise up .

Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.

none of this did the remotest good, but, by thunder, it kept the union activists feeling good.

Opposition campaignerssaid that they were attacked by MPLA activists in several provinces.

Tax laws were discriminatorily enforced, conspicuous surveillance and visible "investigative" interviews with activists, and grand jury subpoenas.

I do not focus on the Limits to Growth world model because I want to pick on its potent political implications (the first version did, after all, inspire a generation of antigrowth activists).

The downturn is something people here read about in the newspapers, according to Dhanna Singh, a member of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), a union of activists and farmers.

Real-world Examples

She is an artist and an activist.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

The confrontation left nine activists dead.

Source: NPR News March 2013 Compilation

One of America's first civil rights activists.

Source: America The Story of Us

He also writes plays and is a political activist.

Source: VOA Special English: World

I think of myself as a national health activist.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) November 2015 Collection

Alfred Odoch is an environmental activist in northern Uganda.

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

The separatists have targeted political activists, protesters and journalists.

Source: BBC Listening Collection July 2014

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested the prominent activist Evan Mawarire.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation January 2019

Aisha Sarwari is a journalist and women's rights activist.

Source: NPR News August 2016 Compilation

I don't think of myself as a mental health activist.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) November 2015 Collection

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