voluntarism

(välən tər iz′em)

noun

    1. voluntary or willing participation in a course of action
    2. a doctrine or system based on such participation
    3. volunteerism
  1. Philos. any theory which holds that reality is ultimately of the nature of will or that the will is the primary factor in experience

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See voluntarism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The use of or reliance on voluntary action to maintain an institution, carry out a policy, or achieve an end.
  2. A theory or doctrine that regards the will as the fundamental principle of the individual or of the universe.

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  • volˈun·ta·rist noun
  • volˌun·ta·risˈtic adjective

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