gradualism
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- noun
- /ˈɡrædʒuəlɪzəm/
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gradualismo
- Moreover, Serpa's populist style worried many Colombians who preferred the gradualism that had come to be enshrined in presidential politics.
Examples
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Workers should also be given the choice of investing their savings in Russia, thus helping to create—with prudent gradualism—a domestic capital market.
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Banks were directed to maintain current levels of questionable loans in order to avoid further layoffs and closures, and reform "gradualism" has generally been promoted as essential to social restabilization.
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Gradualism, by contrast, simply cannot account for the archaeological facts.
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At first glance, gradualism does seem sensible.
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Second, gradualism was the key to Taiwan's stability during change.
Academic text (1993) -
The history of trade liberalization over the second half of the twentieth century shows that gradualism can yield impressive results.
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In several passages, Darwin explicitly identifies his theory of natural selection as the architect of such gradualism in nature.
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In this sense, Ecuador has followed a policy of deliberate gradualism that places a value on domestic political feasibility and ardent pursuit of consensus.
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Many constituencies, like labor, continue to deal with the ruling party as if the development strategy is still marked by gradualism and bargaining between the administrative elite and all constituencies in Tunisia.
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The history of trade liberalization over the second half of the twentieth century shows that gradualism can yield impressive results.
Synonyms
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A slow process of change and development by small steps over time
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7.5
A way of improving things by small changes over time
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Belief in making slow changes to laws and society rather than sudden change
Slow change that happens in small stages over time
Slow way of changing that happens in small steps
Antonyms
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4.1
A sudden large change in a country's government or society, often when people rise against leaders
How Gradual
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Morphology
Etymology
Gradualism comes from the Latin word gradus, which means 'step'. Think of a staircase or the word graduate: change happens one 'step' at a time, so gradualism is the idea that things change slowly and steadily rather than suddenly.