voluntarism

== English == === Etymology === From voluntary + -ism. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɒ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɑ.lən.t(ə.)ɹɪ.zəm/ Hyphenation: vo‧lun‧ta‧ri‧sm, vo‧lun‧tari‧sm === Noun === voluntarism (countable and uncountable, plural voluntarisms) (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. (philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. (politics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== voluntarist voluntaristic involuntarism ==== Translations ==== === See also === voluntaryism == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French volontarisme. === Noun === voluntarism n (uncountable) voluntarism ==== Declension ====