Definition of incrementalism in English:
incrementalism
noun ɪŋkrɪˈmɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)mˌiNGkrəˈmen(t)lˌizəm
mass nounBelief in or advocacy of change by degrees; gradualism.
Example sentencesExamples
- But incrementalism in wartime when our national survival may be at stake is unacceptable.
- The signature aspect of the current president is his belief that incrementalism is bunk.
- There is no acceptance of the need for incrementalism that all of politics is based upon.
- So to the citizens of Vancouver; good luck in your endeavour and kudos for daring to think big in an age of incrementalism.
- The steady incrementalism of this advance may be less spectacular, but it feels more solid.
Derivatives
noun & adjective
Adaptives are process-oriented and promote incrementalist approaches; Idealists are principle-oriented and demand breakthroughs.
Example sentencesExamples
- And finally, the incrementalist approach may also prove too incremental, that is, too slow, for those of us who are used to the speed of modern communication systems.
- It should be able to continue to do so by a more incrementalist approach to expansion.
- I'm definitely an incrementalist, and if that entails being hypocritical and shifting principles to a certain extent, so be it.
- We are incrementalists, but in this case the incrementalism is moving in the wrong direction.