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whiggish

adj

Etymology

From Whig + -ish.

  1. inherited from wheyȝe
  2. formed as whiggish — “Whig + -ish”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a Whig

    Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.

  2. Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the…

    Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see Whig history.

    • Near-synonym: presentist
    • Finally, whiggish narratives, strewn with heroes, only hinder understanding of how the world works.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of whiggish.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA