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progressist

noun

Etymology

From progress + -ist.

  1. derived from prōgressus
  2. derived from progres
  3. inherited from progresse
  4. suffixed as progressist — “progress + ist”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”).

    • Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thorough-going progressist, the man most abominated.

  2. Synonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a…

    Synonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form”).

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