Progressionist
a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
historical examples
in the new world of our progressionist teachers, it is electricity that is the real motive-power.
dreams jerome k. jerome
he was by education and preference a tory; by necessity he became a progressionist.
harper’s new monthly magazine, volume 1, no. 3, august, 1850. various
noun (rare)
an advocate of social, political, or economic progress; a member of a progressive political party
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