gradualismo
Portuguese, noun/ɡɾa.du.aˈliz.mu/
gradualismo is spelled G-R-A-D-U-A-L-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gradualismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gradualism (quality or condition of something that is gradual, of something that increases or decreases little by little, progressively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “método ou princípio reformista moderado, que preconiza proceder gradualmente, e não por saltos, na consecução…”.
What does gradualismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegradualism (quality or condition of something that is gradual, of something that increases or decreases little by little, progressively)
- 2
masculinegradualism (theory that conceives biological evolution as a process resulting from the accumulation of small and gradual transformations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. método ou princípio reformista moderado, que preconiza proceder gradualmente, e não por saltos, na consecução dos objetivos 2. concepção da evolução biológica como um processo de pequenas e graduais transformações cumulativas nos seres vivos, pelas quais se originariam novas espécies
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gradualismo
- gradualismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gradualismo?
- Brazil /ɡɾa.du.aˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /ɡɾa.dwaˈliz.mu/
- /ɡɾa.du.aˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gradualismo in Portuguese?
gradualismo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).