progressivist
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- noun
- /prəˈɡrɛsɪvɪst/
:
progresista
- As a progressive educator, she identifies as a progressivist who supports innovative teaching methods.
- progressivist positions
Examples
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In the recent elections, progressivists pushed for policies that promote social justice and equality.
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When is the last time you contested a progressivist blogger on a progressive website?
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This has all happened because people lost their moral sense, and progressivists have managed to influence society.
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The ideal of citizenship education was also quite consistent with the liberal progressivist ideology that dominated higher education circles.
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Secularists strongly favored the progressivist positions; religiously traditional Democratic delegates opposed them.
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In most instances, secularists consistently and lopsidedly embraced culturally progressivist positions.
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The progressivists are doing whatever it takes to get a candidate—any candidate—elected, despite never getting the candidates or policies they want.
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Many progressivists advocate for changes that benefit the environment and society.
Synonyms
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A person who supports social and political change to make society fairer
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A person who wants to change political or social systems
A person who supports political ideas that want social change, sometimes used as an insult
Antonyms
How Progressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
progressivist = progressive (transparent) = progress + ive + ist
Derived by adding the agentive '-ist' to 'progressive', so a 'progressivist' is a person who supports progressive ideas; this is a regular, predictable formation.
Etymology
Progressivist is made from progress ('moving forward') plus the ending -ist, like in artist or pianist, which names a person. So a progressivist as a noun is 'a person who supports change and reform'.