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| abolitionism |
advocacy of or legal movement toward abolition, esp. of slavery in the United States. |
| championship |
defense or advocacy of a person or cause. [1/3 definitions] |
| clericalism |
the advocacy of this. [1/2 definitions] |
| constitutionalism |
advocacy of the principles of constitutional government. [1/2 definitions] |
| elitism |
rule, or support or advocacy of rule, by an elite. [1/2 definitions] |
| environmentalism |
the movement to protect or restore the natural environment, or the advocacy for major efforts to be made to achieve this goal. |
| imperialism |
advocacy of such a policy or of the interests of a particular empire. [1/3 definitions] |
| monarchism |
belief in or advocacy of monarchy. |
| Panhellenism |
the historical theory or advocacy of Greek political unification. |
| radicalism |
the advocacy of radical political or social changes. [1/2 definitions] |
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