progressivism
nounUK /prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/ · CA, US /prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/
Etymology From progressive + -ism.
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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.1976 February 7, John Rockwell, “The Pop Life”, in The New York Times:
- 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.2017 July 4, Matthew Penza, “The Problem with the Big Tent”, in The Princeton Tory:
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- Some aspects of contemporary progressivism look less like actual progress and more like a step in reverse.2023 November 16, Pamela Paul, “Progressives Aren’t Liberal”, in The New York Times:
- Derived terms
- antiprogressivism, secular progressivism