progressivism
Americannoun
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the principles and practices of progressives.
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(initial capital letter) the doctrines and beliefs of the Progressive party.
Other Word Forms
- progressivist noun
Etymology
Origin of progressivism
First recorded in 1890–95; progressive + -ism
Example Sentences
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I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
Stephen Colbert doesn’t see himself as a paragon of progressivism.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025
“San Franciscans are quite progressive. But there is a strain among some people — I think it’s a minority, but some people — where they equate progressivism to having no change,” Wiener said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
My book, “Heartbreak City,” tracks this contest between progressivism and conservatism in American cities through the medium of athletics in the late-19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
What follows upon these reflections is a rather ingenious form of historical progressivism in which the civilizing powers of the poet provide the principal justification for lyric poetry.
From An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients by Jackson, Wallace
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