progressionist

American  

[pruh-gresh-uh-nist] / prəˈgrɛʃ ə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.

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progressionist British  

/ prəˈɡrɛʃənɪst, prəˈɡrɛsɪst /

noun

1. an advocate of social, political, or economic progress; a member of a progressive political party

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Other Word Forms

• antiprogressionist noun
• progressionism noun

Etymology

Origin of progressionist

First recorded in 1840–50; progression + -ist

Example Sentences

As often as a progressionist drew near, their conversation was hushed altogether.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von

In the new world of our progressionist teachers, it is electricity that is the real motive-power.

From Dreams by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

And indeed, progress might well entertain great expectations, for Hans Shund had read a pile of progressionist pamphlets, had extracted the strong passages, and out of them had concocted a right racy speech.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von

Was not the fuss made in Bavaria against the progressionist school-law quite a prodigious one?

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von

This mock pope was not a suggestion of Shund's or of any other inventive progressionist.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von