Voluntaristic

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /vÉ’lÉ™ntəˈɹɪstɪk/

Origin

From voluntarist + -ic.

Full definition of voluntaristic

Adjective

1. Pertaining to voluntary activity; supporting or promoting voluntarism.
• 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 183:Open space, the incursions of commercialism and the growing prestige of polite society produced an urban environment increasingly consonant with the voluntaristic collective culture of the philosophes.

Related terms

• voluntarist
• voluntarism