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Whig history or Whiggish historiography presents the past...

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00Whig history or Whiggish historiography presents the past as an inevitable progression towards ever greater liberty and enlightenment, culminating in modern forms of liberal democracy and constitutional monarchy. In general, Whig historians stress the rise of constitutional government, personal freedoms and scientific progress. 01b00The term is often applied generally (and pejoratively) to histories that present the past as the inexorable march of progress.02b00 It also refers to a specific set of British historians. 01b00Its antithesis can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism02b00. 0-
  

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1b 00The term is often applied generally (and pejoratively) to histories that present the past as the inexorable march of progress. 02br 02br 01b 00Its antithesis can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism02b 02br 00(Its) The direct opposite can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism (opposite of optimism)02br 00Hope that helps some 0-

  • 1b 00The term is often applied generally (and pejoratively) to histories that present the past as the inexorable march of progress.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00Its antithesis can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism02b 02br 00(Its) The direct opposite can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism (opposite of optimism)02br 00Hope that helps some 0-
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1b00The term is often applied generally (and pejoratively) to histories that present the past as the inexorable march of progress. - 02b02br
00This term is often applied generally (and in a such a way as to lessen the value) to histories that show the past as the relentless/incessant march of progress.02br
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01b00Its antithesis can be seen
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0Perhaps an exaggeratedly optimistic view of history.0-

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