noun
active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
• Syn: ↑advocacy
• Hypernyms: ↑support
• Hyponyms: ↑drumbeat, ↑insistence, ↑insistency, ↑urging
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\\prōˈtagəˌnizəm\ noun (-s)Useful english dictionary. 2012.