voluntaryism

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vol·un·tar·y·ism

 (vŏl′ən-tĕr′ē-ĭz′əm)
n.
Reliance on voluntary contributions rather than government funds, as for churches or schools; voluntarism.

vol′un·tar′y·ist n.
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voluntaryism

(ˈvɒləntərɪˌɪzəm; -trɪ-) or

voluntarism

n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the principle of supporting churches, schools, and various other institutions by voluntary contributions rather than with state funds
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any system based on this principle
ˈvoluntaryist, ˈvoluntarist n
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vol•un•ta•rism

(ˈvɒl ən təˌrɪz əm)

n.
1. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
2. the principle or practice of supporting schools, hospitals, churches, etc., by voluntary contributions or aid instead of relying on government assistance.
3. any policy based on voluntary action.
[1830–40]
vol′un•ta•rist, n., adj.
vol`un•ta•ris′tic, adj.
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Our North Star should be voluntaryism, not markets.
Reading out the manifesto from a paper during a press conference, Fazlur Rehman said education, employment, sports, voluntaryism and measures to build self-confidence in youth, formulation of national policies and youth's encouragement in their implementation were included in their manifesto.
Herbert's "A Plea for Voluntaryism" was the final article he wrote, and it presents his mature thinking on the social system he called "voluntaryism," which is essentially what we today call laissez-faire capitalism.
The trouble is, voluntaryism won't save lives in future, nor will it save the NHS billions.
Maryam bint Issa Al Zadjali said, "We are happy and satisfied with what has been achieved so far in the journey of the Dar Al Atta'a Association, which has put a smile on the faces of the needy families." "We all work together as members of the association or as contributors or as individuals to achieve a higher goal, which is to raise voluntaryism and the slogan of charitable work for the betterment of the people of our community," she said.
He further defines "believers church" as (i) mission-oriented (when oriented externally) and (ii) evidenced by "voluntaryism" (13) (when oriented internally).
Brian Roycroft, who openly stated belief in voluntaryism, was made director of a new social services department and, along with chief planning officer Kenneth Galley, helped convince the Conservative administration to back it.
To end his tome, the author posits the following non-political alternatives: individual sovereignty, free trade, free markets, voluntaryism, civil disobedience, tax resistance, Civil Order Pacts, and private security/insurance/arbitration.
Whatever its letter, the act was widely interpreted as ushering in a period of religious voluntaryism, and the authority of the ecclesiastical courts in matters of religious practice was almost totally undermined.
(24) He supported conscription because 'we cannot leave the fate of a Great Nation to the haphazard method of voluntaryism'.
Though better than ours, their museums could fortunately be derided as a plot to divert citizens who might otherwise notice how much they missed those age-old traditions of voluntaryism, laissez-faire and parliamentary liberty we Britons cherished as our birthright.
Charles Simeon and the Evangelical Anglican Missionary Movement: A Study of Voluntaryism and Church-Mission Tensions
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