whiggish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a Whig; liberal. historical
  2. Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see Whig history. capitalized,often
    — Near-synonym: presentist

词形变化

more whiggish comparative most whiggish superlative Whiggish alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
whiggishness

词源

Etymology tree
English Whig
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English whiggish
From Whig + -ish.
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