progressivism

[pruh-gres-uh-viz-uhm]

noun

1. the principles and practices of progressives.

2. (initial capital letter),  the doctrines and beliefs of the Progressive party.

3. progressive education.

Other Word Forms

• progressivist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of progressivism¹

First recorded in 1890–95; progressive + -ism

Example Sentences

"This isn't a little dam, or just a regular dam - this is a great dam against progressivism," he declared.

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At the same time, progressivism has its own pathologies:

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But the particulars of the policy also reveal something about Kennedy's reactionary class politics, which contradict his family's history of progressivism.

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But now that progressivism has been sequestered in one of the major parties, and Trumpism reigns supreme in the other, the costs of eroding all back stops are on full display.

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To that end, Waltz pitched joining the U.S. as an escape from progressivism.

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