activist

English

Etymology

From active +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

activist (plural activists)

1. One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

   • 2023 January 11, “Network News: Court decision overturned: Six HS2 activists face retrial”, in RAIL, number 974, page 9:

     The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge.

2. One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.

Synonyms

• mover and shaker

Derived terms

• activistic
• activist investor
• activist judge
• activist justice
• animal activist
• antiactivist
• artivist
• blacktivist
• clicktivist
• craftivist
• cyberactivist
• direct activist
• e-activist
• ecoactivist
• fat activist
• hacktivist
• inactivist
• intactivist
• kayaktivist
• nonactivist
• proactivist
• raptivist
• slacktivist
• transactivist

 

Related terms

• activism

Translations

one who is politically active

• Arabic: نَاشِط m (nāšiṭ), نَاشِطَة f (nāšiṭa)
• Armenian: ակտիվիստ (hy) (aktivist)
• Belarusian: актыві́ст m (aktyvíst), актыві́стка f (aktyvístka)
• Bulgarian: активи́ст (bg) m (aktivíst), активи́стка f (aktivístka)
• Catalan: activista m or f
• Chechen: жигархо (žigarxo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活躍分子 / 活跃分子 (huóyuè fènzǐ), 活動分子 / 活动分子 (huódòng fènzǐ), 活動家 / 活动家 (zh) (huódòngjiā), 積極分子 / 积极分子 (jījí fènzǐ)

• Czech: aktivista (cs) m, aktivistka (cs) f
• Danish: aktivist (da) c
• Dutch: activist (nl) m, activiste (nl) f
• Esperanto: aktivulo
• Estonian: aktivist
• Finnish: aktivisti (fi)
• French: militant (fr) m, militante (fr) f
• Galician: activista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: აქტივისტი (akṭivisṭi)
• German: Aktivist (de) m, Aktivistin (de) f
• Greek: ακτιβιστής (el) m (aktivistís)
• Hebrew: פָּעִיל (he) m (pa'íl), פְּעִילָה f (pe'ilá)
• Hungarian: aktivista (hu)
• Icelandic: aðgerðasinni m
• Ido: aktivisto
• Italian: attivista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 活動家 (ja) (かつどうか, katsudōka)
• Kazakh: белсенді (kk) (belsendı)
• Korean: 활동가(活動家) (ko) (hwaldongga)
• Macedonian: активи́ст m (aktivíst), активи́стка f (aktivístka)
• Maori: kaiwhakatūtū, kiritohe
• Marathi: कार्यकर्ता m (kāryakartā)
• Norman: activiste m or f
• Occitan: activista m or f
• Persian: فعال (fa) (fa'âl)
• Polish: aktywista (pl) m, aktywistka (pl) f, działacz (pl) m, działaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ativista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: activist (ro) m, activistă (ro) f
• Russian: активи́ст (ru) m (aktivíst), активи́стка (ru) f (aktivístka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: актѝвист m, активиста, актѝвистица f

  Roman: aktìvist (sh) m, aktivista (sh) m, aktìvistica (sh) f

• Slovak: aktivista m, aktivistka f
• Slovene: aktivist m, aktivistka f
• Spanish: activista (es) m or f
• Swahili: mwanaharakati
• Swedish: aktivist (sv) c
• Thai: นักประท้วง (nák-bprà-túuang)
• Turkish: eylemci (tr), etkinci (tr), aktivist (tr)
• Ukrainian: активі́ст (uk) m (aktyvíst), активі́стка (uk) f (aktyvístka)
• Vietnamese: phần tử tích cực
• Welsh: ymgyrchydd m or f, ymgyrchwraig f, ymgyrchwr m or f
• Yiddish: אַקטיוויסט m (aktivist), אַקטיוויסטין f (aktivistin)

Adjective

activist (comparative more activist, superlative most activist)

1. Behaving as an activist.
   • 1971 September 26, “They Will Affect The Nation For Years To Come”, in New York Times:

     Even in the area of free speech, Justice Harlan sometimes emerged as more activist than his brother

   • 2009 December 10, “Angst Over GM's Activist Board”, in BusinessWeek:

     Now GM has what may well be the most activist board ever.

   • 2012 June 1, “Gov. Christie's court pick blocked”, in Cherry Hill Courier Post (NJ):

     Gov. Chris Christie has long complained that New Jersey's Supreme Court is too liberal and too activist

Dutch

Etymology

Originated in the early 20th century. Equivalent to actief +‎ -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.tiˈvɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧vist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

activist m (plural activisten, feminine activiste)

1. an activist
2. (historical) a Flemish nationalist who cooperated with the occupying German Empire during the First World War

Derived terms

• activistisch
• klimaatactivist

Related terms

• activisme

Descendants

• → Indonesian: aktivis

Romanian

Etymology

activ +‎ -ist.

Noun

activist m (plural activiști, feminine equivalent activistă)

1. activist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	activist	activistul		activiști	activiștii
genitive-dative	activist	activistului		activiști	activiștilor
vocative	activistule			activiștilor