artivist

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noun

A person who engages in artivism.

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Meanings

nounartivist (plural artivists)

plural artivists

  1. A person who engages in artivism.
adjectiveartivist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to artivism
    1 more example

    Compared to […], the New York-based collective known as Queers for the Climate more explicitly articulates an environmentalist agenda. In this section, I examine three of the "artivist" performances associated with the collective: a viral campaign centered around the hashtag "It Gets Wetter," a short quasi-documentary titled "Climate Change Ground Zero: Fire Island Pines," and a series of memes.

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 140

Origin

Blend of art + activist.

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Translations

Portuguese artivista
  • artivistaa person who engages in artivism
Cite this entry
APA

artivist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artivist

MLA

“artivist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artivist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artivist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artivist.

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