English Dictionary

voluntarism

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

意味（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 （ plural ）