actorvist
nounUK /ˈak.tə.vɪst/ · US /ˈæk.tɚ.vɪst/
Etymology Blend of actor + activist.
1
Informal An actor who engages in political or social activism.
- Leonardo DiCaprio on environmental issues and George Clooney on expanding aid to Africa are just two of the many "actorvists" engaged in American policy mobilization efforts today.[2016], James A. Morone, Rogan Kersh, By the People: Debating American Government, second edition, New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215:
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