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Actionist vs Activist - What's the difference?

actionist | activist |

As nouns the difference between actionist and activist

is that actionist is (business|obsolete) a shareholder in a joint-stock company while activist is one who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

As an adjective activist is

behaving as an activist.

actionist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
  • (art) One taking part in the actionism movement.

    • Synonyms

    * actionary (Webster 1913)

    activist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
  • One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.

    • Derived terms

    * activistic * direct activist

    Related terms

    * activism

    Synonyms

    * mover and shaker

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Behaving as an activist.
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