progressivism

Noun

progressivism (usually uncountable, plural progressivisms)

1. (usually) A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
   • 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.1976 February 7, John Rockwell, “The Pop Life”, in The New York Times
   • 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.2017 July 4, Matthew Penza, “The Problem with the Big Tent”, in The Princeton Tory