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/fəʊˈɡɹɛsɪv/ · noun
(politics, derogatory) An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative..
“Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.
In many spaces, the term functions now as performative fauxgressive politeness—as one of the many buzzwords such as intersectionality or systemic that one can drop, with little understanding, to display her wokeness.
With their fauxgressive covers officially blown, Twitter is blowing up with stories about the disturbing new dating trend.
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Fauxgressive means (politics, derogatory) An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.
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