gradualism
noun
the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
gradualist
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a word derived from
gradualism.
Example Sentences
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He repeated it Sunday to explain why a gradualist approach to the situation, which would require financing, was not an option.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
Option one could be called the gradualist approach.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
But if further studies of obscure, primitive eukaryotes revealed some that have only a subset of eukaryotic organelles, this could lend weight to the gradualist hypothesis.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2022
In defense of the classical gradualist theory of evolution, nearly all biologists in the late 1960s rejected the theory of endosymbiosis as presented by Lynn Margulis in 1967.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
China has generally implemented reforms in a gradualist or piecemeal fashion.
From The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
