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But, the Democratic Party has a more fundamental conundrum based on a contradiction that lies at the heart of progressivism itself.
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Seth David Radwell, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Western progressivism has its own obvious illiberal features, European countries under notionally liberal governments are busy suppressing free expression and sometimes democracy itself, and the tensions of multiculturalism may make the European order more unstable than our own.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Many of these voters, particularly those living outside coastal urban cores, responded to Trump’s messaging on cultural identity, masculinity, national pride and resentment of elite progressivism.
—Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Just watch Brad Lander, a beacon of progressivism in New York, passionately defend a status quo that marginalizes 1.1 million voters.
—John Opdycke, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
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Seth David Radwell, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Western progressivism has its own obvious illiberal features, European countries under notionally liberal governments are busy suppressing free expression and sometimes democracy itself, and the tensions of multiculturalism may make the European order more unstable than our own.
—Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Many of these voters, particularly those living outside coastal urban cores, responded to Trump’s messaging on cultural identity, masculinity, national pride and resentment of elite progressivism.
—Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Just watch Brad Lander, a beacon of progressivism in New York, passionately defend a status quo that marginalizes 1.1 million voters.
—John Opdycke, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressivism
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Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
12 Sep. 2025
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In fact, every No Kings speaker offered a version of this, portraying pluralist liberalism as a way to follow in the founders’ footsteps.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sandinista ideology blended Marxism, liberalism, and nationalism, borrowing ideas from both sides of the Iron Curtain.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Progressivism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressivism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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