Hypertext Webster Gateway: "advocacy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Advocacy \Ad"vo*ca*cy\, n. [OF. advocatie, LL. advocatia. See
{Advocate}.]
The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating;
intercession.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
advocacy
n : active support; especially the act of pleading or arguing
for something
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