voluntaristic

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English

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Etymology

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From voluntarist +‎ -ic or voluntary +‎ -istic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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voluntaristic (comparative more voluntaristic, superlative most voluntaristic)

  1. Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 183:
      Open space, the incursions of commercialism and the growing prestige of polite society produced an urban environment increasingly consonant with the voluntaristic collective culture of the philosophes.
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