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Actionism vs Activism - What's the difference?

actionism | activism |

As nouns the difference between actionism and activism

is that actionism is an excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence while activism is the practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

As a proper noun Actionism

is viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria.

actionism

English

Proper noun

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  • Viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria
  • a term used by Theodor W. Adorno to refer to 1960s Radicals
  • English words suffixed with -ism

    activism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
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  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.}}