Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

progressivism

/prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gres-sivism
IPA: /prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In New York the range of influences is as diverse as anywhere else, even if there unquestionably is a tendency toward Velvet Undergroundish punk rock and British progressivisms."
"By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient."
"Some aspects of contemporary progressivism look less like actual progress and more like a step in reverse."

Etymology

Etymology tree English progressive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English progressivism From progressive + -ism.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/
British English: /prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

progressivisms (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprogressivism

Phrases

secular progressivism

Questions

How do you pronounce progressivism?: The recorded pronunciation is /prəˈɡrɛsɪˌvɪzəm/.
What does progressivism mean?: A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
Where does progressivism come from?: Etymology tree English progressive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English progressivism From progressive + -ism.

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