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 Words From

• pro·gressiv·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of progressivism¹

First recorded in 1890–95; progressive + -ism

Example Sentences

It was the state’s closest statewide election in 2018, and Democratic incumbent Keith Ellison’s has been targeted for his outspoken progressivism.

From FiveThirtyEight

On the spectrum of progressivism, then, this neighborhood falls somewhere between True-Blue Progressives and South Central.

From FiveThirtyEight

The most deadly virus we face is progressivism, it rots both brains and nations.

From The Daily Beast

In practice, the energized base meant a House GOP takeover — and a check on progressivism that led to years of grueling austerity.

From Washington Post

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we hear from two people involved in the progressive movement in New York City about what’s happening in the race and how progressivism is shaping politics more broadly.

From FiveThirtyEight

He simply rode out the same blandly pernicious progressivism that elites in both parties embrace.

From The Daily Beast

And the media, in turn, patted the company on the back for their “groundbreaking” progressivism.

From The Daily Beast

She seems, if anything, to symbolize an even more incremental progressivism than President Obama.

From The Daily Beast

And it is a “problem-solving populism” that marries the twin impulses of populism and progressivism.

From The Daily Beast

But is it making progressivism cool, or just a big song and dance?

From The Daily Beast

At such a juncture "progressivism" and a "new liberalism" were bound to come into their own in the general opinion of the country.

From Project Gutenberg

The British progressivism of some of the pulpit utterances is interesting.

From Project Gutenberg

A period of reform had now begun, and after 1909 a wave of "progressivism" overspread the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Never had political progressivism a foe it could more heartily respect.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps that fact explains both the co-operation and the progressivism.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• left-winger
• leftist
• liberal
• progressive
• radical