活かつ動どう家か

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Meanings

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Refers to a person actively involved in a social, political, or environmental movement. Neutral term; can be used for various causes.

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She is famous as an environmental activist.

その活かつ動どう家かは平へい和わ的てきな抗こう議ぎ活かつ動どうを組そ織しきした。

The activist organized a peaceful protest.

〈事こと〉の活かつ動どう家かan activist for (a cause)
彼かれは環かん境きょう保ほ護ごの活かつ動どう家かとして知しられている。
He is known as an activist for environmental protection.
〈人ひと〉として活かつ動どうするto work/act as an activist (of a certain kind)
彼かの女じょは人じん権けん活かつ動どう家かとして長なが年ねん活かつ動どうしている。
She has worked as a human rights activist for many years.

運うん動どう家か
運動家 emphasizes participation in a specific movement (運動), while 活動家 is the broader term used for political, social, or environmental activists in general.
闘とう士し
闘士 evokes a fierce, combative campaigner or fighter for a cause, whereas 活動家 is the neutral, everyday word for an activist.

名めいN2
counter for people (honorific) · first name; given name · famous; great; noted · name; title · noun (grammar)

Compound of 活動 (activity) and 家 (person who does something professionally or habitually). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.

democratic activist

environmental activist; environmentalist