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/prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/ · noun
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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Progressivism means A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society..
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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.
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