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Voluntarism

//ˈvɒ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. US, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From voluntary + -ism.

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