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activity
English
Etymology
From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æk?t?.v?.ti/, /æk?t?.v?.ti?/, /æk?t?.v?.ti/
- Rhymes: -?v?ti
Noun
activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.
- (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:activity
Antonyms
- rest
- passivity
Derived terms
- activity book
- activity stream
- activity trap
- beehive of activity
- catalytic activity
- extravehicular activity
- hive of activity
- nonactivity
- optical activity
- overactivity
- radioactivity
- self-activity
- subactivity
- ultrahazardous activity
- underactivity
- zone of polarizing activity
Translations
Further reading
- activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- activity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
activity From the web:
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environmentalism
English
Etymology
environmental +? -ism
Noun
environmentalism (countable and uncountable, plural environmentalisms)
- (medicine, social sciences) A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:environmentalism.
- (politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
Hyponyms
(politics):
- ecocapitalism
- ecosocialism
Related terms
- enviro-
- environment
- environmental
- environmentalist
Translations
environmentalism From the web:
- environmentalism what does it mean
- environmentalism what do they do
- environmentalism what is the meaning
- what is environmentalism of the poor
- what is environmentalism pdf
- what is environmentalism in philosophy
- what is environmentalism in marketing
- what is environmentalism in geography
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