Meanings
plural advocacy groups
- A group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.
Synonyms: interest group, special interest group
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group of people, always allied and sometimes also formally organised, who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and policy.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 倡導團體 /倡导团体, 壓力團體 /压力团体
- 倡導團體 /倡导团体 (chàngdǎo tuántǐ)people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- 壓力團體 /压力团体 (yālì tuántǐ)people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- 利益團體 /利益团体 (lìyì tuántǐ)people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Czech nátlaková skupina
- nátlaková skupinapeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Dutch belangenorganisatie
- belangenorganisatiepeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Estonian survegrupp
- survegrupppeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Finnish etujärjestö, painostusryhmä
- etujärjestöpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- painostusryhmäpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- kampanjaryhmäpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- kansalaisjärjestöpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
French groupe de pression, groupe d'intérêt
- groupe de pressionpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- groupe d'intérêtpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
German Interessengruppe
- Interessengruppepeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Hungarian érdekvédő csoport, érdekcsoport
- érdekvédő csoportpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- érdekcsoportpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- lobbicsoportpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- nyomásgyakorló csoportpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Icelandic þrýstihópur
- þrýstihópurpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Japanese 圧力団体
- 圧力団体 (atsuryokudantai)people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Polish grupa interesu
- grupa interesupeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Portuguese grupo de interesse
- grupo de interessepeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Romanian grup de presiune, grup de influență
- grup de presiunepeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
- grup de influențăpeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Russian гру́ппа инте́ресов
- гру́ппа инте́ресов (grúppa intéresov)people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Spanish grupo de interés
- grupo de interéspeople who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion
Cite this entry
advocacy group. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advocacy%20group
“advocacy group.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advocacy%20group. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advocacy group,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advocacy%20group.
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