progressionistn.adj.

Brit.

/prəˈɡrɛʃn̩ɪst/,

/prəˈɡrɛʃənɪst/, U.S.

/prəˈɡrɛʃənəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: progression n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < progression n. + -ist suffix.

A. n.

1. Biology. A supporter or adherent of the theory that the history of life shows an inherent progression from simpler to more complex forms, either as a result of successive creative acts of God (now historical), or as a result of evolution in the direction of increasing complexity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution

transmutationist1844

progressionist1845

developist1846

developmentist1847

monogenist1857

polygenist1857

Darwinian1860

Darwinite1860

developmentarian1860

permutationist1860

developmentalist1862

monogenesist1862

polygenesist1862

Darwinist1864

evolutionist1866

natural selectionist1869

homogenist1874

derivationist1875

transformista1879

hereditarian1881

hereditist1885

derivatist1887

preformationist1888

fortuitist1890

Lamarckite1890

neo-Lamarckian1890

neo-Darwinist1891

vestigian1891

neo-Darwinian1892

selectionist1892

preformist1895

recapitulationist1897

transmissionist1899

Mendelian1903

mutationist1903

Weismannian1903

adaptationist1904

Mendelist1906

Lysenkoist1949

Morganist1950

Lamarckian1953

gradualist1970

macromutationist1975

punctuationalist1978

saltationist1978

punctuationist1980

1845 Amer. Whig Rev. May 539/2 It cannot be denied that there have been..retrograde periods in the history of our little earth. Yes,—but says the progressionist, there has been, on the whole, an advance.

1859 H. Spencer in Universal Rev. July 81 Sir R. Murchison, who is a Progressionist, calls the lowest fossiliferous strata, ‘Protozoic’.

1958 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 19 370 In attacking that doctrine of special creation which was held by Progressionists, he [sc. Darwin] pointed out that they assumed that each species was created with a view to the then existing habitat in which it would live.

1972 Science 2 June 987/2 Virtually all the arguments of Cuvier, Lyell, and the progressionists became irrelevant overnight.

1994 New Scientist 2 July 38/2 Progressionists are mesmerised by this one lineage, or small number of lineages, and they cannot stop thinking of it as the evolutionary highroad, even while insisting that they are not being anthropomorphic.

a. A believer in progression; an advocate of social, economic, or political progress or reform; a progressive.Sometimes with capital initial in the names of specific parties.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > sympathy with or principles of > one who

progressist1844

progressive1844

progressionist1849

progressivist1874

prog1959

verligte1967

1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 391 Opposed to the influence of her unconscious Toryism, a Progressionist of susceptible temperament might be in danger of abandoning his opinions.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 349 None but liberals or progressionists need apply.

1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 224/1 The rival political parties in Corea, losing sight of old issues..have re-arranged themselves as Progressionists (‘Civilization party’) and Conservatives (‘Corea for the Coreans’).

1883 Standard 28 Mar. 3/4 Old-fashioned opera is not the lifeless thing which progressionists would seek to make out.

1921 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 Apr. s 6/3 He exhibited two large canvases..that bespoke the influence of the progressionists.

1961 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 14 Dec. a 7/1 Although progressionists at heart..most of us are unwilling to indenture ourselves for luxuries.

1992 New German Critique 52 100 This disagreement parallels the split within the American left between the Trotskyist progressionists and the revisionists.

b. spec. A person who believes in the gradual progress of human society towards an ideal or perfect state. Now rare except as merged with general sense at A. 2.

ΚΠ

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Progressionist, one who holds to the progression of society toward perfection.

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Progressionist. 1. One who maintains the doctrine that society is in a state of progress towards perfection, and that it will ultimately attain to it.

B. adj.

Of, relating, or belonging to progressionists or progressionism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > favouring

forward-looking1800

progressive1830

progressist1843

progressive-minded1854

progressionist1865

progressivist1919

forward-thinking1958

prog1958

out front1968

verlig1968

1865 Times 10 June 5/1 Dr. Lee,..the promoter of temperance, anti-tobacco, peace, and other ‘progressionist’ causes.

1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 305/2 The progressionist tendency of the age.

1897 Japan Times 22 Mar. 3/2 The Mainichi Shumbun, the Progressionist organ, has been enlarged since the issue of the 14th instant.

1952 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 12 438 Progressionist materialism terminates in a humanism which emphasizes man's differences from the rest of the animal kingdom.

1992 P. J. Bowler Fontana Hist. Environmental Sci. (BNC) 292 His [sc. Lamarck's] followers tended to concentrate on the progressionist element, looking for a serial relationship between the classes of animal life and minimizing the gaps between the known forms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	progressionist
释义	progressionistn.adj. Brit. /prəˈɡrɛʃn̩ɪst/, /prəˈɡrɛʃənɪst/, U.S. /prəˈɡrɛʃənəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: progression n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < progression n. + -ist suffix. A. n. 1. Biology. A supporter or adherent of the theory that the history of life shows an inherent progression from simpler to more complex forms, either as a result of successive creative acts of God (now historical), or as a result of evolution in the direction of increasing complexity. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution transmutationist1844 progressionist1845 developist1846 developmentist1847 monogenist1857 polygenist1857 Darwinian1860 Darwinite1860 developmentarian1860 permutationist1860 developmentalist1862 monogenesist1862 polygenesist1862 Darwinist1864 evolutionist1866 natural selectionist1869 homogenist1874 derivationist1875 transformista1879 hereditarian1881 hereditist1885 derivatist1887 preformationist1888 fortuitist1890 Lamarckite1890 neo-Lamarckian1890 neo-Darwinist1891 vestigian1891 neo-Darwinian1892 selectionist1892 preformist1895 recapitulationist1897 transmissionist1899 Mendelian1903 mutationist1903 Weismannian1903 adaptationist1904 Mendelist1906 Lysenkoist1949 Morganist1950 Lamarckian1953 gradualist1970 macromutationist1975 punctuationalist1978 saltationist1978 punctuationist1980 1845 Amer. Whig Rev. May 539/2 It cannot be denied that there have been..retrograde periods in the history of our little earth. Yes,—but says the progressionist, there has been, on the whole, an advance. 1859 H. Spencer in Universal Rev. July 81 Sir R. Murchison, who is a Progressionist, calls the lowest fossiliferous strata, ‘Protozoic’. 1958 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 19 370 In attacking that doctrine of special creation which was held by Progressionists, he [sc. Darwin] pointed out that they assumed that each species was created with a view to the then existing habitat in which it would live. 1972 Science 2 June 987/2 Virtually all the arguments of Cuvier, Lyell, and the progressionists became irrelevant overnight. 1994 New Scientist 2 July 38/2 Progressionists are mesmerised by this one lineage, or small number of lineages, and they cannot stop thinking of it as the evolutionary highroad, even while insisting that they are not being anthropomorphic. 2. a. A believer in progression; an advocate of social, economic, or political progress or reform; a progressive.Sometimes with capital initial in the names of specific parties. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > sympathy with or principles of > one who progressist1844 progressive1844 progressionist1849 progressivist1874 prog1959 verligte1967 1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 391 Opposed to the influence of her unconscious Toryism, a Progressionist of susceptible temperament might be in danger of abandoning his opinions. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 349 None but liberals or progressionists need apply. 1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 224/1 The rival political parties in Corea, losing sight of old issues..have re-arranged themselves as Progressionists (‘Civilization party’) and Conservatives (‘Corea for the Coreans’). 1883 Standard 28 Mar. 3/4 Old-fashioned opera is not the lifeless thing which progressionists would seek to make out. 1921 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 Apr. s 6/3 He exhibited two large canvases..that bespoke the influence of the progressionists. 1961 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 14 Dec. a 7/1 Although progressionists at heart..most of us are unwilling to indenture ourselves for luxuries. 1992 New German Critique 52 100 This disagreement parallels the split within the American left between the Trotskyist progressionists and the revisionists. b. spec. A person who believes in the gradual progress of human society towards an ideal or perfect state. Now rare except as merged with general sense at A. 2. ΚΠ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Progressionist, one who holds to the progression of society toward perfection. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Progressionist. 1. One who maintains the doctrine that society is in a state of progress towards perfection, and that it will ultimately attain to it. B. adj. Of, relating, or belonging to progressionists or progressionism. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > favouring forward-looking1800 progressive1830 progressist1843 progressive-minded1854 progressionist1865 progressivist1919 forward-thinking1958 prog1958 out front1968 verlig1968 1865 Times 10 June 5/1 Dr. Lee,..the promoter of temperance, anti-tobacco, peace, and other ‘progressionist’ causes. 1883 Athenæum 8 Sept. 305/2 The progressionist tendency of the age. 1897 Japan Times 22 Mar. 3/2 The Mainichi Shumbun, the Progressionist organ, has been enlarged since the issue of the 14th instant. 1952 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 12 438 Progressionist materialism terminates in a humanism which emphasizes man's differences from the rest of the animal kingdom. 1992 P. J. Bowler Fontana Hist. Environmental Sci. (BNC) 292 His [sc. Lamarck's] followers tended to concentrate on the progressionist element, looking for a serial relationship between the classes of animal life and minimizing the gaps between the known forms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1845
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