单词 | progressionism |
释义 | progressionismn. Any theory involving or accounting for progress; the theory advocated by progressionists; belief in or approval of progress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > sympathy with or principles of progressivism1855 progressism1856 progressionism1861 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 143 That wise spirit of moderate and retrospective progressionism. 1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Dec. 6 Mr Green..announced that the keynote of his administration would be constructive progressionism. 1972 Science 2 June 989/2 Progressionism was the curious theory according to which evolution did not take place in the organisms but rather in the mind of the Creator. 1988 Science 23 Dec. 1711/1 Darwin was not always able to resist the attractions of the progressionism so popular in his day. 2000 Sci., Technol. & Human Values 25 232 There is an implied ‘progressionism’ in his attitude toward technology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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