Usually means: Advocate for social or political change.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. activist: Merriam-Webster
  2. activist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. activist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. activist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. activist: Vocabulary.com
  6. Activist, activist: Wordnik
  7. activist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. activist: Wiktionary
  9. activist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. activist: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. activist: Dictionary.com
  12. activist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Activist, The Activist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. activist: Rhymezone
  15. activist, activist (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. activist: FreeDictionary.org
  17. activist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. activist: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. activist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. activist: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. activist: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. activist: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
▸ noun:  One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
▸ adjective:  Behaving as an activist.

Similar:
militant, active, campaigner, campaignist, advocator, direct activist, politician, agitator, advocater, manifestant, more...

Opposite:
passivist, non-activist, apathetic

Phrases:
political activist, social activist, peace activist, environmental activist, activist judges, more...

Adjectives:
political, social, civil, human, more, young, black, environmental, former, gay, prominent

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Similar:
militant, active, campaigner, campaignist, advocator, direct activist, politician, agitator, advocater, manifestant, more...

Opposite:
passivist, non-activist, apathetic

Phrases:
political activist, social activist, peace activist, environmental activist, activist judges, activist judge, shareholder activist, activist investor, civil rights activist, human rights activist, more...

Adjectives:
political, social, civil, human, more, young, black, environmental, former, gay, prominent

Colors:
    red,     green,     black,     yellow,     purple, more...



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