"whiggish" meaning in English

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        "Characteristic of a Whig; liberal."
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        "(politics, historical) Characteristic of a Whig; liberal."
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          "text": "Near-synonym: presentist"
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          "ref": "2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Finally, whiggish narratives, strewn with heroes, only hinder understanding of how the world works.",
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          "ref": "2015 May 15, Rebekah Higgitt, “Beware Eurosceptic versions of history and science”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Abilafia’s article is a classic example of an old-fashioned “Whiggish” narrative. It claims a uniquely moderate and progressive advance toward the development of British institutions, traced continuously from Magna Carta and isolated from the rages and radicalism of the Continent.",
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          "ref": "2015 December 21, David A. Graham, “The Wrong Side of 'the Right Side of History'”, in The Atlantic:",
          "text": "Because this whiggish view depends on the expectation of progress, liberal politicians are more suspectible to it than their conservative brethren.",
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        "Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see Whig history."
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        "(history, often capitalized) Characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see Whig history."
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