brogressive
brogressive noun: a male progressive, socialist, or leftist who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.
Noun
brogressive (plural brogressives)
- A male progressive, socialist, or leftist who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.
- You may recall the newest darling of brogressives — Thanks, Addie Stan — on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.2013 March 13, Charles P. Pierce, “Rand Paul Gives His Musings On Gay Marriage”, in Esquire
- The American Brogressive has found his next target, one who will presumably be saved from herself, along with everyone else, by learning to obey him.2013 July 15, Sady Doyle, “Ecce Homo Sorkinia”, in In These Times
Forms of brogressive
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Origin of brogressive
Blend of bro + progressive.
Words that rhyme with brogressive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
- future progressive
Questions about brogressive
- What does brogressive mean?
- Brogressive means a male progressive, socialist, or leftist who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.
- What part of speech is brogressive?
- Brogressive is a noun.
- What is the plural of brogressive?
- The plural of brogressive is brogressives.
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