progressist

American  

[prog-res-ist, -ruh-sist, proh-gres-ist, -gruh-sist] / ˈprɒg rɛs ɪst, -rə sɪst, ˈproʊ grɛs ɪst, -grə sɪst /

noun

1. a person favoring progress, as in politics; progressive.

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Other Word Forms

• progressism noun

Etymology

Origin of progressist

First recorded in 1840–50; progress + -ist

Example Sentences

But while Mallock saw the reactionary and pessimistic side of his Oxford teacher, there was a progressist and optimistic side which does not appear in his "Mr. Herbert."

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

At the age of seven he lost his father, who had taken an active part in the progressist agitations during the reign of Ferdinand VII., and had passed several years as an exile in England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

"You will not deny that there is room for much improvement in our country, and that an infusion of some progressist ideas would be wholesome."

From Saracinesca by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Already, too, the strain of constructive statesmanship had developed friction among the progressist leaders who had easily marched abreast for destructive purposes.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)