Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The principles and practices of political progressives.
- noun Progressive education.
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- noun A
political ideology that favoursprogress towards better conditions insociety
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- noun the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
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Examples
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If you go by said definition, progressivism is not defined by practicality.
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For all of the handwringing and concern trolling and conserva-snarking about how his progressivism is part of a cynical bamboozlement or hijacking of the left, leading to nothing but tears and disappointment, Obama has in the first 48 hours of his presidency proven to be astonishingly progressive.
No More White Lies, The President Is Black | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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David Bernstein says: his especially negative framing of progressivism is an accident
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If you go by said definition, progressivism is not defined by practicality.
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I am afraid looking at history does not resolve anything unless the conceptual question of what do you mean by progressivism is answered first.
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Yep … just keep on hoping to find SOMETHING that refutes what I know to be true … that progressivism is going down, and going down HARD!
Think Progress » Profit-Seeking Palin Reportedly Rips CPAC As A Profiteering Convention 2010
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You do realize that progressivism is the government running amuck?
Think Progress » Catholic nuns break with bishops and urge passage of health care reform. 2010
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You do realize that progressivism is the government running amuck?
Think Progress » Catholic nuns break with bishops and urge passage of health care reform. 2010
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Note to Beck the Clown: progressivism is not the “poison in our Republic”.
Think Progress » DeMint Appeases Beck On McCain, Threatens To Be His ‘Biggest Opponent’ 2010
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If you go by said definition, progressivism is not defined by practicality.
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