incrementalism

noun in·cre·men·tal·ism \ˌiŋ-krə-ˈmen-tə-ˌli-zəm\

Definition of INCREMENTALISM

: a policy or advocacy of a policy of political or social change by degrees : gradualism

— in·cre·men·tal·ist \-tə-list\ noun

1966

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