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Answer for the clue "The political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society ", 13 letters:
progressivism

Word definitions for progressivism in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Progressivism is a philosophy based on the idea of progress , which asserts that advancement in science , technology , economic development , and social organization are vital to improve the human condition . Progressivism became highly significant during ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1855 (from 1892 in the political sense), from progressive + -ism .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society and ultimately the fulfillment of Marx Communism.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society

Usage examples of progressivism.

Wells or the shallow Fabian progressivism of writers like Bernard Shaw.

Since an internal solution to the closing of space was impossible, the progressivism of american ideology had to be realized with reference to the outside.

One could rightly say that FDR resolved the contradictions of american progressivism by forging a synthesis of the American imperialist vocation and reformist capitalism, represented by Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.