crusade
Fervent reform effort
A crusade is an aggressive campaign for a cause or against something considered wrong: a crusade against drunk driving, her personal crusade for animal rights.
The word implies zealous, sustained effort—often with moral conviction.
To crusade is to conduct such a campaign.
The term derives from the medieval religious wars but now applies to any vigorous reform effort. (Capitalized Crusade refers to the medieval religious wars.)
Pleading for a cause
- activismDirect effort for reform
- movementChange in position
- causeWhat produces an effect
- missionPurpose-driven task
lobbying · reform · rally · grassroots · platform · petition · awareness · champion
Seeking journey for something
- missionPurpose-driven task
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- undertakingTask one commits to
- journeyTravel from place to place
struggle · fight · battle · determination · perseverance · dedication · goal · purpose
Moral correctness or virtue
- convictionFirmly held belief
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- passionIntense emotional drive
dedication · commitment · fanaticism · ardor · devotion · earnestness · vehemence · intensity
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
mission · lobbying · reform · rally · grassroots · platform · petition · awareness · champion · spokesperson
quest
Seeking journey for something
- missionPurpose-driven task
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- undertakingTask one commits to
journey · struggle · fight · battle · determination · perseverance · dedication · goal · purpose · calling
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- convictionFirmly held belief
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
passion · dedication · commitment · fanaticism · ardor · devotion · earnestness · vehemence · intensity · vigilance
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- Christian ministryministry, preaching, evangelists, missionaries, discipleship
- CrusadesKnights Templar, Saladin, Holy Land, Richard the Lionheart, Templars
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- religious conflictreligious war, holy war, sectarianism, Great Schism, schism
crusadeinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · apathy · idleness · inertia · acquiescence
crusadeindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · disengagement · unconcern · detachment · disinterest
crusadepeace
Freedom from disturbance
pacifism · reconciliation · peacemaking · conciliation · truce
- caped crusaderCloaked vigilante hero
- moral crusaderAdvocate for ethical standards
- moral crusadesCampaigns promoting ethical standards
- First Crusade1096 expedition to Jerusalem
- Last CrusadeConcluding religious military expedition
- Albigensian CrusadeChurch war on Cathars