Definitions For Voluntarism

Noun

VOLUNTARISM. (countable and uncountable, plural VOLUNTARISMs) (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. (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.

Derived terms

voluntarist voluntaristic

Etymology

voluntary + ism

See also

voluntaryism

Is Voluntarism a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
21

The word Voluntarism is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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