Progressivism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Progressivism is a noun meaning A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
Meaning
A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
Example Sentences
Some aspects of contemporary progressivism look less like actual progress and more like a step in reverse.
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.
Word Forms
- progressivisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include progressive, progressionist, progressist, technoprogressive, productivist, antiprogressivism.
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