Noun: activist
| Singular | activist |
| Plural | activists |
Sample Sentences
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It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. [2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:]
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The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge. [2023 January 11, “Network News: Court decision overturned: Six HS2 activists face retrial”, in RAIL, number 974, page 9:]
Nouns inflected like activist
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
5. Proto-Italic *agō
6. Latin agō
7. Proto-Indo-European *-wós
8. Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
9. Latin -īvus
10. ▲
11. Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
12. Latin āctīvusbor.
13. Old French actifbor.
14. Middle English actyf
15. English active
16. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
17. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
18. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
19. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
20. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
21. Proto-Hellenic *-tās
22. Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
23. Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
24. Latin -istader.
25. Old French -istebor.
26. Middle English -ist
27. English -ist
28. English activist
29. From active + -ist.
Verbs referencing "activist"
Finnish Nouns
aktivisti, German Nouns
Aktivist.