fauxgressive
/fəʊˈɡɹɛsɪv/
fauxgressive noun: an alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
Noun
fauxgressive (plural fauxgressives)
- An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
- “Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.2019 March 8, Carl Campanile, quoting John Samuelson, “Transit union blasts de Blasio as ‘fauxgressive’ ahead of primary season”, in New York Post
Adjective
fauxgressive (comparative more fauxgressive, superlative most fauxgressive)
- Allegedly, but not actually, progressive.
- In many spaces, the term functions now as performative fauxgressive politeness—as one of the many buzzwords such as intersectionality or systemic that one can drop, with little understanding, to display her wokeness.2019 February 13, Rachelle Hampton, “Which People?”, in Slate
- With their fauxgressive covers officially blown, Twitter is blowing up with stories about the disturbing new dating trend.2020 July 30, Ben Cost, “Wokefish’ dating trend: Shady men are pretending to be progressive on apps”, in New York Post
Forms of fauxgressive
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fauxgressives |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more fauxgressive |
| superlative | most fauxgressive |
Origin of fauxgressive
Blend of faux + progressive.
Words that rhyme with fauxgressive
- 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
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
- future progressive
Questions about fauxgressive
- What does fauxgressive mean?
- Fauxgressive means an alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
- What part of speech is fauxgressive?
- Fauxgressive can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fauxgressive?
- Fauxgressive is pronounced /fəʊˈɡɹɛsɪv/.
- What is the plural of fauxgressive?
- The plural of fauxgressive is fauxgressives.
Words near fauxgressive in the dictionary
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