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

Naming his grandfather, who was assassinated in 1963, as his hero, Schlossberg told Vogue that JFK's administration was "a blueprint for how progressivism can work in America".

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Stephen Colbert doesn’t see himself as a paragon of progressivism.

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Postliberals don’t blame progressivism, as most conservatives do, for America’s problems.

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Even in Hollywood, the Writers Guild, long a bastion of fashionable progressivism, suddenly decided to be neutral rather than making a statement on the Israel-Hamas war.

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He said they aimed to influence Colombia's 2026 presidential election, to "strike Colombian progressivism and seize oil wells" in Venezuela.

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