Dictionary Definition
advocacy n : active support; especially the act
of pleading or arguing for something
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- a UK /ˈæd.vəˌkə.si/, /"
Extensive Definition
Advocacy is the act of arguing
on behalf of a particular issue, idea, person or animal. An
advocate is someone who does this. Both the terms advocate and
advocacy have specialist meanings in certain contexts, and among
some groups. For instance:
In a legal/law context: An
'advocate' is the title of a specific person who is
authorised/appointed (in some way) to speak on behalf of a person
in a legal process. See advocate.
In a political context: An
'advocacy group' is an organized collection of people who seek to
influence political decisions and policy, without seeking election
to public office. See interest
group.
In a social care context: Both
terms (and more specific ones such as 'independent advocacy') are
used in the UK in the context of a network of interconnected
organisations and projects which seek to benefit people who are in
difficulty (primarily in the context of disability and mental
health).
In the context of inclusion:
Citizen Advocacy organisations (citizen advocacy programmes) seek
to cause benefit by reconnecting people who have become isolated.
Their practice was defined in two key documents: CAPE, and Learning
from Citizen Advocacy Programs. See
Citizen Advocacy organisations.
In a marketing context: The
word advocate is used to describe a loyal client that recommends a
product or service to their peers.
advocacy in Japanese:
アドボカシー
advocacy in Russian:
Адвокация
advocacy in Serbian:
Заступање
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abetment, admonition, advice, advising, advocating, advocation, aegis, auspices, backing, briefing, bruiting, buildup, care, caution, caveat, certificate of character,
championship,
character, character
reference, charity,
consultation,
council, counsel, countenance, credential, direction, drumbeating, encouragement, exhortation, expostulation, favor, flack, fosterage, goodwill, guidance, hortation, idea, instruction, interest, letter of
introduction, monition,
opinion, parley, patronage, promoting, promotion, proposal, publicization, publicizing, recommend, recommendation, reference, remonstrance, seconding, sponsorship, suggestion, sympathy, testimonial, thought, tutelage, voucher, warning