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Progressivism vs Idealism - What's the difference?

progressivism | idealism |

As nouns the difference between progressivism and idealism

is that progressivism is a political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society and ultimately the fulfillment of Karl Marx's predictions while idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.

progressivism

English

(wikipedia progressivism)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society and ultimately the fulfillment of Karl Marx's]] [[Communism, predictions.

    • idealism

    English

    (wikipedia idealism)

    Noun

  • The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  • (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

    • Synonyms

    * (philosophy) philosophical idealism

    Antonyms

    * (philosophy) materialism

    Derived terms

    * epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealism

    Related terms

    * idealist * idealistic * idealistically

    See also

    * realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalism

    References

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    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism