advocacy English · revision 15271

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1385|origins=la advocō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈæd.və.kə.si/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|advocacie]], [[bor|fro|avocacie|t=profession of an advocate]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la-med|advocātia|t=patronage]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|advocātus|t=advocate]] (see [[advocate]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|advocō|t=to call, summon to one's aid]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ About 1385, in Chaucer's ''Troilus and Criseyde'', in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) Merriam-Webster gives the Middle English sense as intercession.^(MWU 2024) The OED's first quotation, for the function of an advocate or pleading in support of something, is from 1413.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense has stayed close to its origin: the act of pleading for, supporting or recommending,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and today especially active public support for a cause or policy.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1385 – advocacie, intercession.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1413 – pleading in support.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Active public support for a [[cause]], idea or [[policy]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The work or function of an [[advocate]]; pleading on someone's behalf.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonadvocacy]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advocate]]

+ * [[vocal]]

+ * [[voice]]

+ * [[avocation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}