Advocacy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Advocacy \Ad"vo*ca*cy\, n. [OF. advocatie, LL. advocatia. See
     {Advocate}.]
     The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating;
     intercession.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  advocacy
       n : active support; especially the act of pleading or arguing
           for something

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "advocacy":
     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