pseudoprogressive
pseudoprogressive adjective: apparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).
Adjective
pseudoprogressive (not comparable)
- Apparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).
Noun
pseudoprogressive (plural pseudoprogressives)
- One who is apparently, but not actually, a political progressive.
- Indeed, after a generation of historical writing that blames liberalism's demise on conservatives, pseudoprogressives, and the stupidity of the American voter, it is time that liberals are invested with agency.2013, Jeffrey Bloodworth, Losing the Center, page 14
Forms of pseudoprogressive
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Origin of pseudoprogressive
From pseudo- + progressive.
Words that rhyme with pseudoprogressive
- 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
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
Questions about pseudoprogressive
- What does pseudoprogressive mean?
- Pseudoprogressive means apparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).
- What part of speech is pseudoprogressive?
- Pseudoprogressive can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near pseudoprogressive in the dictionary
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