advocacy

English

Etymology

From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; equivalent to advocate +‎ -acy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.və.kə.si/
• (Ghana) IPA^(key): /æd.ˈvo.kə.si/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /æd.ˈvoʊ.kə.si/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ædvəkəsi
• Hyphenation: ad‧vo‧ca‧cy

Noun

advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)

1. The profession of an advocate.
2. The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
3. The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.

Derived terms

• advocacy group
• advocacy planning
• advocacy research
• badvocacy
• cyberadvocacy
• devil's advocacy
• hyperadvocacy
• media advocacy
• nonadvocacy
• self-advocacy

 

Translations

the profession of an advocate

• Arabic: محاماة f
• Bulgarian: адвока́тство n (advokátstvo)
• Finnish: asianajo
• French: barreau (fr) m
• Galician: avogacía (gl) f
• Indonesian: keadvokatan
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: avvocatura (it)
• Polish: adwokatura (pl) f
• Portuguese: advocacia (pt) f
• Russian: адвокату́ра (ru) f (advokatúra), адвока́тство (ru) n (advokátstvo)
• Spanish: abogacía (es) f
• Turkish: avukatlık (tr)

the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something

• Arabic: تَأْييد m
• Bulgarian: защи́та (bg) (zaštíta), застъ́пничество (bg) n (zastǎ́pničestvo)
• Danish: forsvar
• Dutch: belangenbehartiging (nl)
• Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puolesta puhuminen
• French: mobilisation (fr), promotion (fr)
• German: Fürsprache (de) f, Befürwortung (de) f
• Indonesian: advokasi (id), pembelaan (id)
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: difesa (it), sostegno (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvar

• Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), засту́пничество (ru) n (zastúpničestvo)
• Spanish: apoyo (es) m, defensa (es) f

the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

• Arabic: مُنَاصَرَة f (munāṣara)
• Bulgarian: подкрепа (bg) f (podkrepa)
• Finnish: kannatus (fi), kannattaminen (fi), puoltaminen (fi)
• Indonesian: advokasi (id)
• Irish: abhcóideacht f
• Italian: sostegno (it), propaganda (it)
• Malay: perakuan, anjuran, rayuan, sokongan (ms), sokongan (ms), pembelaan
• Russian: подде́ржка (ru) f (poddéržka)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English advocacy. First attested in 1997.

Noun

advocacy f (uncountable)

1. advocacy