progressivism

Noun

Meaning

the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society

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Synonyms

left liberal enlightenment conversion radical progressive tolerance socialism liberalism radicalism leftist liberality freethinking left wing libertarianism
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Antonyms

orthodox traditional bourgeois conventional conservative moderate
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Hypernyms

ideology political theory political orientation

Examples

Anybody subscribing to socialism, Marxism or progressivism that manages to acquire the kind of wealth he has acquired while in “public service” in this country would have to be clueless. Source: Internet

At Columbia, Dewey worked with other educators such as Charles Eliot and Abraham Flexner to help bring progressivism into the mainstream of American education. Source: Internet

Conservatives who once considered Trump’s success in the Nov. 3 election paramount to their goal of dismantling social progressivism have quietly shifted their focus to the lightning-fast Supreme Court confirmation fight. Source: Internet

From evangelicalism to progressivism at Oberlin College, 1866-1917 (The Ohio State University Press, 1969). Source: Internet

The other side believes the answer is a more creative politics of persuasion—simultaneously engaging and reassuring voters who are skeptical of undiluted progressivism but can be coaxed into backing Democrats through more pragmatic appeals. Source: Internet

Because more than Democratic socialism or progressivism, Ocasio-Cortez represents the power of the possible. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

progressively progressively more progressiveness progressivist progressivistic progressivity