whiggish.
Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
Meaning & usage
Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see Whig history.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English Whig Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English whiggish From Whig + -ish.
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