campaign; cause; crusade; drive; movement; effort




a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

Type of:
  • venture

Types:
  • advertising campaign; ad campaign; ad blitz
  • anti-war movement
  • charm campaign
  • consumerism
  • campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign
  • fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive; fund-raising effort
  • feminist movement; feminism; women's liberation movement; women's lib
  • gay liberation movement; gay lib
  • lost cause
  • reform
  • war
  • youth movement; youth crusade


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