Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human societies everywhere. Progressivism arose during the Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge. (Copied from Wikipedia) personality: she/them can be a bit of a smart Aleck sometimes. Gets mad at the bigger ideologies ignoring her/them.