单词 | progressivist |
释义 | progressivistn.adj. A. n. An advocate of reform, change, or innovation; a progressive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > sympathy with or principles of > one who progressist1844 progressive1844 progressionist1849 progressivist1874 prog1959 verligte1967 1874 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 5 Feb. Among those who resisted the claim of Carlos..were the liberals, the progressivists, the Constitutional monarchists, and the tolerationists. 1884 A. V. H. Carpenter in Chicago Advance 1 Jan. (1885) 867 There are..no more impracticable progressivists than those who clamor for a repeal of all laws. 1904 19th Cent. Aug. 292 An ardent young Progressivist. 1959 Times 23 Sept. 13/6 The younger composers..are indistinguishable in outlook from the vanguard of our English progressivists. 2005 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 25 Sept. a 17 By the late 1960s, progressivists dominated the educational establishment. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to progress or progressives; characterized by advocacy of reform, change, or innovation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > favouring forward-looking1800 progressive1830 progressist1843 progressive-minded1854 progressionist1865 progressivist1919 forward-thinking1958 prog1958 out front1968 verlig1968 1919 Indianapolis Star 23 May 9/4 The progressivist plan which the British government sought to institute in India some time ago. 1969 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 14/3 A favourite progressivist argument..is that people who are most vehemently against something are often the very same people who are unconsciously most inclined to it themselves. 1980 R. Rodriguez in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 135 Assumed by radical and moderate alike is the progressivist idea that education is largely a matter of teaching..students to become (to give voice to) the persons they already were before they entered the classroom. 1994 Artnews Feb. 157/1 Columbia sociologist Herbert J. Gans traces newsroom values to the muckrakers and their Progressivist ethic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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