"whiggish" meaning in All languages combined

See whiggish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more whiggish [comparative], most whiggish [superlative]
Etymology: Whig + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Whig|ish}} Whig + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} whiggish (comparative more whiggish, superlative most whiggish)
  1. Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
    Sense id: en-whiggish-en-adj-41RJ82bZ
  2. of history, characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see "Whig history".
    Sense id: en-whiggish-en-adj-oPlwACev Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whiggish Derived forms: Whiggishness, whiggishness

Alternative forms

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