incrementalism
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌɪnkrəˈmɛntəlɪzəm/
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incrementalismo
- The company's strategy relies on incrementalism to implement changes slowly and effectively.
Talking about abortion was just the first step because it's radical incrementalism.
- Talking about abortion was just the first step because it's radical incrementalism.
Examples
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History shows that Medicare did not and could not achieve passage without the misrepresentation, cost concealment, tying, and incrementalism to which its supporters ultimately resorted.
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As Clinton moves on from her presidential bid and Sullivan prepares to leave her post, we need to think about what "incrementalism" might be code for.
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U.S. officials must make peace with incrementalism.
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But this is in no way a rejection of incrementalism.
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We have seen the incrementalism that set the stage for the events of 1964-65.
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Therefore, we believe that in addition to incrementalism, local tax policy may be used more actively to incentivize businesses.
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The first lesson is that the best approach to reducing immigration is probably a form of persistent incrementalism.
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No company is able to withstand creeping incrementalism when it comes to revenue.
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More importantly, responsive incrementalism respects the complexity of the dynamics connecting private behavior, community formation, and physicality.
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The contradictions of criminal justice reform are often portrayed as a tension between the incrementalism of reform and the urgent necessity for massive structural change, or between the good intentions of reformers and the collateral consequences of their compromises.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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7.5
Belief that change happens slowly and steadily over time
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7.8
Belief in making slow changes to laws and society rather than sudden change
Antonyms
How Gradual
Surface Forms
Morphology
incrementalism = incremental (transparent) = increment + al + ism
A standard nominalization: 'incremental' (increment + -al) + '-ism' denotes the doctrine or policy of gradual increases, so the meaning follows expected English formation.
Etymology
Incrementalism comes from increment, which comes from old words meaning 'to grow' or 'increase', and the ending -ism marks a practice or belief. So incrementalism is the idea of making change by small steps or small increases, like adding one brick at a time until a wall is built.