incrementalist
Americannoun
plural
incrementalistsadjective
Other Word Forms
- incrementalistic adjective
Example Sentences
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"Elon's attitude is you have to get it done fast. If you're an incrementalist, you just won't get your rocket to the moon," Wiles said.
From BBC
Hovstad fancies himself a revolutionary; Aslaksen is a cautious incrementalist.
From Los Angeles Times
Her son Scott saw her as an "incrementalist" who "wasn't trying to knock down tradition too much".
From BBC
She described herself as “an incrementalist” but acknowledged, “Certain people in the movement don’t like incrementalism” and think “we have to have it all.”
From Seattle Times
“I would be disrespectful to my own history if I somehow thought that I was trying to govern and be an incrementalist,” he said.
From Washington Post
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