voluntarism

US countable uncountable

(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.

Japanese Meaning

組織や目的達成のために、ボランティア（自発的な支援者）に依存する体制やその考え方 / 知性よりも意志を最も重視する哲学的な教義、すなわち意志主義

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The charity's voluntarism meant its operations depended heavily on unpaid community members.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その慈善団体はボランティアに頼っていたため、運営は無給の地域住民に大きく依存していた。

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Sense（1）

(US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.

Sense（2）

(philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect.

Sense（3）

(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.

voluntarisms

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