advocacy group
advocacy group · advocacy groups
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группа интересов
Interessengruppe
A group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use…A group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.
» He volunteered at an advocacy group.
Meaning
1 sensesA group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.
Interessengruppe
гру́ппа инте́ресовgrúppa intéresov
More definitions
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
Examples
2 sentencesHe volunteered at an advocacy group.
Health advocacy groups that have been warning of possible cell phone-cancer links are praising the WHO pronouncement.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion:
Forms
plural: advocacy groups| Singular | advocacy group |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying:special interestspecial-interest groupspecial interest grouplobby grouplobbypressure groupthird house