crusade

Definitions

A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change.

Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Examples

The local community launched a crusade to clean up the neighborhood parks.

She spent her entire career on a crusade to improve literacy rates among underprivileged children.

Synonyms

campaign drive movement expedition mission push cause

Antonyms

apathy inaction stagnation indifference retreat discouragement neglect