English
fauxgressive
Blend of faux + progressive.
A blend of faux + progressive
Latin fallō ‘to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude,…’
Latin falsus ‘deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed,…’
Old French fals ‘false’
Middle French faulx
French faux
English faux
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ‘to walk, go’
Latin gradior ‘to step, walk’
Latin prōgredior ‘to advance, proceed’
Latin prōgressīvus
Middle French progressif
English progressive
Today it means
noun An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fauxgressive