"gradualist" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gradual",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "gradual + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gradual + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gradualists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gradualist (plural gradualists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ist",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 41:",
          "text": "Word has it that the DfT and Treasury are considering gradualist tinkering.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who believes in gradualism."
      ],
      "id": "en-gradualist-en-noun-j8q-PpLx",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "gradualism",
          "gradualism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "punctuationist"
        },
        {
          "word": "saltationist"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "government",
        "natural-sciences",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gradualist"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gradual",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "gradual + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gradual + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gradualists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gradualist (plural gradualists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "punctuationist"
    },
    {
      "word": "saltationist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ist",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 41:",
          "text": "Word has it that the DfT and Treasury are considering gradualist tinkering.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who believes in gradualism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "gradualism",
          "gradualism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "government",
        "natural-sciences",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gradualist"
}