0 the use of direct and noticeable action to achieve a result, usually a political or social one:
1 the use of direct and public methods to try to bring about esp. social and political changes that you and others want:
Human rights activists have accused the country's government of a systematic perpetration of violence against minority groups.
Local activist groups have become increasingly vociferous as the volume of traffic passing through the village has grown.
On the other hand, such policies have provoked grassroot activism and stimulated senior organisations in quite a few countries.
His study demonstrated that civil society activism had been largely ignored in the academic world, but was an important political reality.
Similarly, changing the relative magnitude of aggregate supply and demand elasticities in the fourth and fifth rows does not destroy the incentives for activism.
Those that had witnessed a corrupt act also expressed more willingness to take part in political activism.
