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gradualism (n.)
[gradualism 词源字典]
"a gradual method of action," 1832, in abolitionist literature, as a disparaging term (opposed to
immediatism
), from
gradual
+
-ism
. Related:
Gradualist
;
gradualistic
.
[gradualism etymology, gradualism origin, 英语词源]