Definitions for ADVOCACY
ˈæd və kə siad·vo·ca·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. advocacy, protagonismnoun

   active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.9 / 7 votes

1. advocacynoun

   the profession of an advocate

2. advocacynoun

   the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something

3. advocacynoun

   the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Advocacynoun

   The act of pleading; vindication; defence; apology: a word in little use.

   Etymology: from advocate.

   If any there are who are of opinion, that there are no antipodes, or that the stars do fall, they shall not want herein the applause or advocacy of Satan. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Advocacy

   Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. Advocacy includes activities and publications to influence public policy, laws and budgets by using facts, their relationships, the media, and messaging to educate government officials and the public. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes, including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research. Lobbying (often by lobby groups) is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on a specific issue or specific piece of legislation. Research has started to address how advocacy groups in the United States and Canada are using social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. advocacy

   Advocacy is the act or process of supporting, endorsing or promoting a cause, idea, or policy, often with the goal of influencing public opinion or decision-making. It involves actions or activities such as lobbying, public speaking or even educational efforts aimed at gaining support and raising awareness about a particular issue. It can be carried out by individuals, interest groups, or organizations to urge changes in behavior, laws, or policies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Advocacynoun

   the act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession

2. Etymology: [OF. advocatie, LL. advocatia. See Advocate.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.6 / 5 votes

1. Advocacy

   Advocacy is a political process by an individual or group which aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or polls or the filing of an amicus brief. Lobbying is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on an issue which plays a significant role in modern politics. Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups in the U.S. and Canada are using social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Advocacy

   ad′vo-ka-si, n. the function of an advocate: a pleading for: defence. [See Advocate.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ADVOCACY in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ADVOCACY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ADVOCACY in a Sentence

1. Kat West:

   Monning said. Compassion Choices, an assisted suicide advocacy group that pushed for the law, recently launched a bilingual campaign, a speaker's bureau and a free hotline for people who want more information. The group also has a confidential consultation program for doctors. The organization is sending out volunteers to saturate the state and get the word out, said Kat West, its national director of policy and programs. But there is a lot of work ahead, it is one thing to pass a law.

2. Suzanne Nossel:

   While we think of book bans as the work of individual concerned citizens, our report demonstrates that today's wave of bans represents a coordinated campaign to banish books being waged by sophisticated, ideological and well-resourced advocacy organizations.

3. Consumer Union Schwantes:

   The organization noted that nearly 50,000 consumers joined an online petition last month favoring the FCC's privacy rules. And in a nationally representative CR Consumer Voices Survey, 65 percent of Americans said they were either slightly or not at all confident that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson before the vote on Wednesday said the rules put American consumers — each one of us who pay these monthly fees for their broadband service — in the driver's seat of how our personal data is used and shared. Is that too much to ask ? I don't think so. The resolution will still have to pass the House of Representatives, which it is likely to do, and then be signed by President Trump. ISPs have been under the FCC's jurisdiction only since 2015, when they werereclassified as public utilitiesunder something called Title II of the Communications Act. Meantime, web-based companies such as Amazon and Google are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission( FTC), and face less stringent requirements. Republican legislators and lobbyists from cable, telecom, and advertising industries say that difference in regulation is unfair. Sen. John Thune( R-SD) said Wednesday that the FCC had unfairly distorted the marketplace when it imposed unnecessarily onerous privacy restrictions on broadband providers while leaving the rest of the internet under the strong and successful regime at the FTC. The federal government could move authority over ISPs back to the FCC. However, that would be a complex process, and one not favored by advocacy groups, including Consumers Union. Any fondness for the FTC’s approach to privacy is merely support for dramatically weaker privacy protections favored by most corporations, the organization wrote in a letter to senators earlier this week. There is no question that consumers favor the FCC’s current broadband privacy rules. The measure passed by a 50-48 vote along party lines The Senate Thursday. To roll back the rules, Republican senators employed a legislative maneuver that prevents the FCC from adopting ‘ similar ’ rules, even far weaker ones, to protect internet users in the future.

4. Oliver Hall:

   On a personal level, had I not had an abortion, I definitely would not be in the position that I am in today, i would not be as far in life, I would not be able to be doing any of the kind of advocacy that I am doing, if I had been forced to birth a child.

5. Human Rights Watch.Kimberly Zieselman:

   Genital normalizing surgeries such as clitoral' reductions' and vaginoplasties instill deep shame and sexual trauma in young children when they can not make a decision for themselves, that these abuses of intersex youth continue after decades of advocacy proves the intensity of the shame and anti-LGBTQ bias at play. We are so grateful to Senator Hoylman for bringing New York to the right side of history.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ADVOCACY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Advocacy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ADVOCACY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ADVOCACY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ADVOCACY
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ADVOCACY
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ADVOCACY