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- pronunciation:
- aek
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vihst
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person who fights openly and vigorously for a cause.
Activists led the fight for safer working conditions in the factories. |
| related words: |
advocate |
The word activist
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-ist
Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means person who does or believes in
More about this word part:
Many words ending in -ist
have a corresponding abstract noun form ending in -ism, and many have a corresponding adjective form ending in -ic (realistic, artistic).
Example words:
activist, artist, biologist, Buddhist, chemist, communist, cyclist, dentist, economist, journalist, physicist, racist, scientist, sexist, socialist
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, activate, active, actively, activist, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, exclusive, expensive, fugitive, imperative, infinitive, interactive, native, objective, productive, protective, relative
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