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[ UK /ˈædvəkəsi/ ]
[ UK /ˈædvəkəsi/ ]
NOUN
- active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
How To Use advocacy In A Sentence
- It was also envisaged that they would play an advocacy and educational role on behalf of dementia sufferers throughout their area.
- I was about to dismiss this as a sort of think-tanky special interest political advocacy group, but then I remembered that mothers are good. The Volokh Conspiracy » Mothers Against Debt
- However, a solicitor is unlikely to be able to concentrate on advocacy as a barrister can.
- The opportunity law students get to compete in oral advocacy and presentation of cases in the most ratiocinative way still keeps the spirit of moot courts burning.
- The law allowing plaintiffs to recover legal fees in advocacy lawsuits has been on the books for a long time.
- Manzoni's advocacy of a united Italy made him a hero — some called him the saint — of the Risorgimento, the surge for Italian unification. The Great Italian Novel, a Love Story
- In fact, the arguments about the injustice of rehabilitation apply equally to classical criminology's advocacy of efficient deterrence.
- Fingleton has defended the lack of prosecutions and intimates the softly-softly approach will continue apace with the advocacy of regulatory reform.
- Sounds like the boys had some fun but If you ask the “Debby Downers” from women advocacy groups like the National Organization for Women, the games lack of estrogen is unacceptable. Coyote Blog » 2009 » October
- Meanwhile, Hong Kong advocacy groups Tuesday announced plans to fight the proposed changes.