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Progressivism is a term that has varying meanings in different countries.

In some countries, the word refers to left-wing politics. For instance, in the United States, the term progressive emerged in the late 19th century in reference to a more general response to the vast changes wrought by industrialization: an alternative to both the traditional conservative response to social and economic issues and to the various more radical streams of socialism and anarchism which opposed them. Political parties, such as the Progressive Party, organized at the start of the 20th century, and progressivism made great strides under American presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson.<1>

In India, progressivism refers to the United Progressive Alliance, which comprises government parties and external support from four main leftist parties; Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and All India Forward Bloc.

In some countries, the word refers to right-wing politics. In Ireland, progressivism refers to conservative liberal free market policies of Progressive Democrats. European Progressive Democrats was a mainly liberal conservative group in the European Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism