| 单词 | gradualism |
| 释义 | gradualism|ˈgrædjuːəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. gradual a. + -ism.]
The principle or method of gradual as opposed to immediate change. Orig. used with reference to the abolition of slavery. (Cf. immediatism.)
1835H. G. Otis in Liberator V. 144 Immediatism..is the opposite of gradualism, another new coinage. 1846H. Martineau Hist. Peace III. iv. viii. 13 The unsound method of ‘gradualism’ in the abolition of slavery. 1855― Autobiog. (1877) III. 233 He got his gradualism assented to in Parliament. 1865Lowell Reconstruction Prose Wks. 1890 V. 237 We have purposely avoided any discussion on gradualism as an element in emancipation. 1931Time & Tide 5 Sept. Suppl. 19/2 The reading of the facts now most popular in the Labour Movement will inevitably strengthen enormously the ‘dictatorship of the Proletariat’ solution... ‘This,’ remarked one of the younger Labour M.P.'s the other day, ‘is the end of gradualism.’ 1959Times 16 Mar. 9 Gradualism is to continue to be Mr. Gomulka's agricultural watchword [in Poland]. 1963Economist 15 June 1134/1 Gradualism is in disfavour with increasing numbers of Negroes. 1965Listener 3 June 812/2 We were thinking in terms of the politics of democracy and gradualism, of separate African states, each different. 1969Times 6 Jan. 9/2 The best hope for Ulster..is..to allow the gradualism of Captain O'Neill's ministry to go forward, without direct intervention from Westminster. |
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