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The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.
Paul Keating

Meaning of "incrementalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCREMENTALISM

incrementalism  [ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCREMENTALISM

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Incrementalism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES INCREMENTALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incrementalism in the English dictionary

The definition of incrementalism in the dictionary is the theory, or implementation thereof, that change should be introduced gradually or by increments.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCREMENTALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCREMENTALISM

incredible
incredibleness
incredibly
incredulity
incredulous
incredulously
incredulousness
incremate
incremation
increment
incremental
incremental plotter
incremental recorder
incremental value
incrementalist
incrementally
increscent
incretion
incretionary
incretory

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCREMENTALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of incrementalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incrementalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCREMENTALISM

Find out the translation of incrementalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incrementalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incrementalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

渐进
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incrementalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

incrementalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

incrementalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التدرج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инкрементализма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incrementalism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

incrementalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gradualisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Incrementalism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

incrementalism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

漸進主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점 진주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incrementalism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sự gia tăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

incrementalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाढीवस्था
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşamalılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incrementalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

incrementalism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Інкременталізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incrementalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

incrementalism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inkrementalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incrementalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inkrementalisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incrementalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCREMENTALISM»

The term «incrementalism» is normally little used and occupies the 115.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCREMENTALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incrementalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incrementalism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incrementalism

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QUOTES WITH «INCREMENTALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incrementalism.
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Paul Keating
The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCREMENTALISM»

Discover the use of incrementalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incrementalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incrementalism And Public Policy
This work also systematically presents and analyzes competing theories of incrementalism and nonincrementalism in policy-making and features case studies of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the attempts of ...
Michael T. Hayes, 2006
2
The Limits of Policy Change: Incrementalism, Worldview, and ...
But Hayes develops policy typologies and analyzes case studies to show that the policy process works best when it conforms to the tenets of incrementalism.
Michael T. Hayes, 2002
3
United States Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Incrementalism, ...
The first comprehensive theoretical analysis of US foreign policy toward Africa in the postwar era.
Peter J. Schraeder, 1994
4
Abortion Politics in Congress: Strategic Incrementalism and ...
This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors (such as the ideological composition of ...
Scott H. Ainsworth, Thad E. Hall, 2010
5
Germany's Africa Policy Revisited: Interests, Images and ...
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Ulf Engel, Robert Kappel, 2002
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Handbook of Decision Making
Goktug Morcol. consideration, comparisons need not be "limited." The result may be non-incremental change. Incrementalism will only change over time (or cross- sectionally) as levels of complexity change. It is important to note that this theory ...
Goktug Morcol, 2006
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New Directions in Budget Theory: An American Community in ...
Although no unified paradigm of budgeting has emerged in the way incrementalism did, most scholars now agree on the major elements in the reconceptualization of budgeting: differentiated types of spending and spending authority, ...
Irene Rubin, 1988
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Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries
The type of budgeting outlined above rests on a behavioural model known as incrementalism. This theory stresses that decisions made about this years budget are influenced by the budget of the year before. The budget examines those items ...
Michael Howard, 2001
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Handbook of Strategic Management, Second Edition,
Lindblom articulated an alternative to the synoptic model, termed successive limited comparisons or incrementalism, as a method for decision making in public administration. He conceived of incrementalism as building from the current ...
Jack Rabin, Gerald J. Miller, 2000
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The Science of Public Policy: Policy analysis II
THREE VIEWS OF THE EXPERT'S ROLE IN POLICYMAKING Systems analysis, incrementalism, and the clinical approach K. A. Archibald From Policy Sciences 1 (1970): 73-86 Abstract This paper compares three approaches to improving ...
Tadao Miyakawa, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCREMENTALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incrementalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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President Barack Obama's Iran deal could yet create a foreign policy …
What has characterised Obama's policy to this point is a sort of incrementalism while avoiding on-the-ground military engagement. "Hitting ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
Obama Has Been Steadily Proving Critics Wrong on Criminal … - Mic
As he closed his speech, the president remarked on the power of incrementalism that serves as a useful summary of his theory of social change ... «Mic, Jul 15»
3
On Harvard Liberals
At its best, this caution is not a call for inaction or incrementalism, but rather an insistence on effectiveness. Ultimately, the far right is wrong to ... «Harvard Political Review, Jul 15»
4
NAB chief joins chorus on economic reform - Sydney Morning Herald
... evoke change, in an economy which arguably does not have our assets and resources, in what is being described as radical incrementalism. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Another View: Incrementalism won't cure these crises
Against a backdrop of slow and diminishing growth forecasts, recent months and especially recent weeks have seen an extraordinary level of ... «Middletown Press, Jul 15»
6
Abortion rights debate: It didn't have to be this polarizing.
Incrementalism means that instead of directly asking for the recognition of fetal rights or outright bans on abortion, you argue that a lot of ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
7
(Yet another) Pittsburgh baseball classic
Unlike Saturday's sudden burst, Sunday's closing thrust was a study in incrementalism. All-Star Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal entered with ... «DK on Pittsburgh Sports, Jul 15»
8
Lawrence Summers calls for bold economic action, and more
... stock of instability in Greece, China's roller-coaster stock market, Puerto Rico's debt, and calls for sweeping, bold action – not incrementalism. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
9
The dark side of Google's focus on massive world-changing projects
... its moonshot projects are still years and years away from turning into dollar signs, a little more incrementalism could do Google some good. «Business Insider, Jul 15»
10
'Top-level design' in public administration
On the face of it, incrementalism seems to be more prudent and ... answer as to which one, top-level design or incrementalism, is better. «EJ Insight, Jul 15»

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