pseudoprogressive

adjective

Apparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).

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Meanings

adjectivepseudoprogressive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableApparently, but not actually, progressive (in a political sense).
nounpseudoprogressive (plural pseudoprogressives)

plural pseudoprogressives

  1. One who is apparently, but not actually, a political progressive.

    Indeed, after a generation of historical writing that blames liberalism's demise on conservatives, pseudoprogressives, and the stupidity of the American voter, it is time that liberals are invested with agency.

    2013, Jeffrey Bloodworth, Losing the Center, page 14

Origin

From pseudo- + progressive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pseudoprogressive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“pseudoprogressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoprogressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoprogressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoprogressive.

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