volunteerism

English

Etymology

From volunteer +‎ -ism.

Noun

volunteerism (countable and uncountable, plural volunteerisms)

1. (US) Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.
2. The tendency to volunteer; the activity of volunteering.

   His volunteerism eventually burned him out.

Translations

tendency to volunteer

• Finnish: vapaaehtoistyö (fi)
• Greek: εθελοντισμός (el) m (ethelontismós)
• Hungarian: önkénteskedés, önkéntesség (hu)
• Romanian: voluntariat (ro) n
• Russian: волонтёрство (ru) (volontjórstvo)

See also

• avocation
• voluntarism