gradualism
渐进主义,渐进论,渐进式,渐进性
Definitions
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- : the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- : Philosophy. a theory maintaining that two seemingly conflicting notions are not radically opposed, but are related by others partaking in varying degrees of the character of both.
- : Biology. a tenet in evolutionary theory maintaining that species evolve slowly and continuously over long periods of geological time.Compare punctuated equilibrium.
Examples
Despite the residual know-nothing-ism of recent years, this is exactly the proper moment for patience and gradualism in reopening sports, even outdoor events.
It also happened that the former Reform party accepted pragmatism and gradualism.
True conservatism is gradualism—the movement onward by slow, cautious, and firm steps—but still movement, and that onward.
He was on the Fourth of July a firm and earnest believer in the equity and efficacy of gradualism.
The more he thought the less did gradualism seem defensible on moral grounds.
To admit the principle of gradualism was for Abolition to emasculate itself of its most virile quality.
Garrison, consequently rejected gradualism as a weapon, and took up instead the great and quickening doctrine of immediatism.