noun
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The profession of an advocate
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The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something
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The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
Examples of advocacy in a Sentence
I asked Yes, or a victim's advocacy group.
Perhaps the greatest service he rendered to his party was his consistent advocacy of the freedom of the press.
The policy of peace which Suffolk pursued was just and wise; he foresaw from the first the personal risk to which its advocacy exposed him.
In 1821 he was a member of the committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the agricultural distress then prevailing, and the proposed relaxation of the corn laws embodied in the report was understood to have been chiefly due to his strenuous advocacy.
The right to independent advocacy promised to patients in the draft bill has gone.
His advocacy of liberal and anti-clerical principles both from his chair and in the press made him bitter enemies, but he retained his position until his death on the 11 th of February 1887.
As a theologian, his main distinction was his zealous advocacy of the essential divinity of Christ.
Through these programs, Reprieve engages in high impact, frontline advocacy on behalf of people facing the death penalty.
Contact a local rescue organization, pet advocacy group or local animal control authorities to report a suspected dog mill.
He thus became identified with the Roseberyite attitude towards Irish Home Rule; and, while he continued to uphold the Gladstonian policy in theory, in practice the Irish Nationalists felt_ that very little could be expected from his advocacy.
He was, in fact, though he had supported the royal supremacy, a thorough opponent of the Reformation in a doctrinal point of view, and it was suspected that he even repented his advocacy of the royal supremacy.
For the exposition and advocacy of his principles he founded a periodical called L'Europeen.
During the first four years of Lord John Russells government, his administration had never enjoyed any very large measure of popular support, but it had been partly sustained D th, by the advocacy of Sir Robert Peel.
He had lost his seat for Bristol two years before, in consequence of his courageous advocacy of a measure of tolerance for the Catholics, and his still more courageous exposure of the enormities of the commercial policy of England towards Ireland.
But the evils against which he struggled were real and grave; the milder measures of the Constitutional Reformers might have taken long to achieve the results which were due to his hot-headed advocacy.
The advocacy of Hasan ibn Haidara Fergani was without avail; but in 1017 (408 A.H.) the new religion found a more successful apostle in the person of Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmed, a Persian mystic, felt-maker by trade, who became Hakim's vizier, gave form and substance to his creed, and by an ingenious adaptation of its various dogmas to the prejudices of existing sects, finally enlisted an extensive body of adherents.
The newly elected diet was soon dissolved for its advocacy of a great South Slavonic confederation under imperial rule, and no other was elected until 1865.
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These radical insights brought him to a passionate advocacy of Turner, another spirit in advance of his era.
I met him for the first time on the Internet about 7 years ago, on a mailing list devoted to mental health advocacy.
The New Labor government is uniquely sensitive to lobbying by consumer advocacy groups.
Participating in mediation focused on mediation advocacy and was led by Peter Crossley.
Some also have legal rights support for women and engage in gender advocacy.
Brittan is well known for his critique of Keynesian economics and advocacy of market friendly and politically libertarian ideas.
The amended Bill will not put the right of access to advocacy on a statutory footing for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
This advocacy of Christianity is all the more amusing from someone who writes in the name of a Norse god.
Tony Blair's instinctive grasp of these class interests underlies his zealous advocacy of US imperialism.
Peter Singer is of course somewhat notorious in the bioethics field for his outspoken advocacy of euthanasia.
Instead of truthful reporting, the agenda of advocacy journalism has sometimes made reporters highly selective, leading them to ignore inconvenient information.
The Committee encourages the synods ' continuing active ownership and support of the advocacy work.
In 1900 he was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic, Silver Republican, and Populist party conventions; but although "imperialism" was declared to be the paramount issue, he had insisted that the "platforms" should contain explicit advocacy of free-coinage, and this declaration, combined with the popularity of President McKinley, the Republican candidate for re-election, again turned the scales against him.
His manner was brusque, and his advocacy of the causes which he had at heart, though always perfectly sincere, was vehement to the point sometimes of recklessness.
His reactionary and retarding ideas as a special creationist and his advocacy of the cataclysmic theory of change exerted a baneful influence until overthrown by the uniformitarianism of James Hutton (1726-1797) and Charles Lyell (1797-1875) and the evolutionism of Darwin.
The homely terseness of his style, his abounding humour - rough, cheery and playful, but irresistible in its simplicity, and occasionally displaying sudden and dangerous barbs of satire - his avoidance of dogmatic subtleties, his noble advocacy of practical righteousness, his bold and open denunciation of the oppression practised by the powerful, his scathing diatribes against ecclesiastical hypocrisy, the transparent honesty of his fervent zeal, tempered by sagacious moderation - these are the qualities which not only rendered his influence so paramount in his lifetime, but have transmitted his memory to posterity as perhaps that of the one among his contemporaries most worthy of our interest and admiration.
The duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel and several other members of the ministry, moved perhaps by personal animosity, and certainly by dislike of his known and consistent advocacy of the claims of the Roman Catholics, refused to serve with him.
His literary projects were numerous (see Mosheim's Vita); his warm Irish nature appears in his projected history of the ancient Celtic religion and his chivalrous advocacy of the naturalization of the Jews.
Leaders in the advocacy of a purely humanitarian christology came largely from the Independents, e.g.
But when Augustine is concerned to reconcile the reality of individual freedom with humanity's universal need of redemption and with the absolute voluntariness of Divine Grace, he is constrained to contradict most of those postulates of which in his advocacy of libertarianism he was an eager champion.
The opposition to the growth of American nationality which characterized the later years of that party found expression in a resolution of the general assembly that a bill for incorporating state troops in the Federal army would be " utterly subversive of the rights and liberties of the people of the state, and the freedom, sovereignty and independence of the same," and in the prominent part taken by Connecticut in the Hartford Convention (see Hartford) and in the advocacy of the radical amendments proposed by it.
David Brandon 's work provides a highly readable introduction to the field of advocacy (Brandon, 1995).
Ropewalk Chambers, the chambers of Richard Maxwell QC, provides a comprehensive, largely civil advocacy service, and works throughout the country.
As well as his enthusiasm for modern guitar sonorities, Julian Bream is renowned for his fervent advocacy of the Elizabethan lute.
The membership of this organization is comprised of international child welfare agencies, international medical clinics, advocacy and parent support groups, and more.
Another tactic to lower costs is contacting local advocacy groups that may help provide free divorce forms.
The Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) is the leading environmental advocacy source in the Midwest.
Find support at a local chapter, or visit the website for the latest advocacy opportunities.
Its mission is to help save lives, prevent cancer, and diminish suffering through research, information services, advocacy and education.
Advocacy clubs exist as well, such as the Black and Hispanic student unions.
Many mill survivor stories are posted at pet advocacy sites such as the Humane Society and mill rescue organizations.
However, concerned citizens and pet advocacy groups are helping to prevent mill animal abuse.