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adbokeyt : advocate (n.)
[ Etymology: English: advocate ]

Derivatives of adbokeyt


Glosses:
advocate
n. (person)1. advocate, advocator, exponent, proponenta person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soula human being.; "there was too much for one person to do"
~ apologist, justifier, vindicatora person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution.; "an apologist for capital punishment"
~ constitutionalistan advocate of constitutional government.
~ darwinianan advocate of Darwinism.
~ populist, democratan advocate of democratic principles.
~ federalistan advocate of federalism.
~ gnostican advocate of Gnosticism.
~ humanist, humanitarianan advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.
~ ideologist, ideologuean advocate of some ideology.
~ internationalistan advocate of internationalism.
~ irredentist, irridentistan advocate of irredentism.
~ isolationistan advocate of isolationism in international affairs.
~ jansenistan advocate of Jansenism.
~ libertarianan advocate of libertarianism.
~ maoistan advocate of Maoism.
~ marxistan advocate of Marxism.
~ nationalistan advocate of national independence of or a strong national government.
~ neoclassicistan advocate of neoclassicism.
~ neutralistan advocate of neutrality in international affairs.
~ nullifieran advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws.
~ drumbeater, partisan, zealota fervent and even militant proponent of something.
~ partitionistan advocate of partitioning a country.
~ platonistan advocate of Platonism.
~ pro-liferan advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion.
~ presenter, sponsoran advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.).
~ protectionistan advocate of protectionism.
~ republicanan advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy).
~ ritualistan advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
~ ruralistan advocate of rural living.
~ secessionistan advocate of secessionism.
~ secularistan advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education.
~ separationist, separatistan advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union).
~ spokesperson, representative, interpreter, voicean advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
~ suffragistan advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women).
~ admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, frienda person who backs a politician or a team etc..; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
~ supremacista person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others.
~ teleologistadvocate of teleology.
~ thatcheritean advocate of Thatcherism.
~ unilateralistan advocate of unilateralism.
n. (person)2. advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleadera lawyer who pleads cases in court.
~ law, jurisprudencethe collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
~ attorney, lawyera professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.
v. (communication)3. advocate, recommend, urgepush for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
~ propose, suggest, advisemake a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
v. (communication)4. advocate, preachspeak, plead, or argue in favor of.; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
~ urge, exhort, press, urge onforce or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies"
~ preachify, sermonise, sermonize, moralise, moralizespeak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements.; "This man always sermonizes"