What does "volunteerism" mean?

Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function.

Volunteerism

Common synonyms include: charity work, civic virtue, communitarianism, community service, community-service work, portuguese solidariedade.

noun

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Noun

1
Reliance on volunteers to perform a social or educational function. US, countable, uncountable
2
The tendency to volunteer; the activity of volunteering. countable, uncountable
"His volunteerism eventually burned him out."

"His volunteerism eventually burned him out."

From volunteer + -ism.