brogressive

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noun

A male progressive, socialist, or leftist who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.

Scrabble 17

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nounbrogressive (plural brogressives)

plural brogressives

  1. derogatoryslangA male progressive, socialist, or leftist who downplays women's issues or displays a macho or patriarchal attitude.

    You may recall the newest darling of brogressives — Thanks, Addie Stan — on the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

    2013 March 13, Charles P. Pierce, “Rand Paul Gives His Musings On Gay Marriage”, in Esquire
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    The American Brogressive has found his next target, one who will presumably be saved from herself, along with everyone else, by learning to obey him.

    2013 July 15, Sady Doyle, “Ecce Homo Sorkinia”, in In These Times

    Election work and party involvement is increasingly seen as the unhip, uncool, morally compromised province of social climbers and “brogressives” not truly committed to the supposedly “real work” of social justice engagement by non-electoral means.

    2015 October 3, David Atkins, “The Left’s Failure to Enact Gun Control Exposes Its Tactical Weakness”, in Washington Monthly

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APA

brogressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brogressive

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