progressivism

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
25
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/
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/prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/ · /prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/ · /proʊˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/

Definition of progressivism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
    “In New York the range of influences is as diverse as anywhere else, even if there unquestionably is a tendency toward Velvet Undergroundish punk rock and British progressivisms.”
    “By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient.”
    “Some aspects of contemporary progressivism look less like actual progress and more like a step in reverse.”

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Etymology

From progressive + -ism.

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