A trick to using malapropism is to ensure that the two words (the original and the substitute) sound similar enough for the reader to catch onto the intended switch and find humor in the result.
Positivism is a philosophical theory stating that positive knowledge is based on natural phenomena and their properties and relations. Thus, information derived from sensory experience, interpreted through reason and logic, forms the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge.
Progressivism is the educational philosophy of the âliberalâ and it is grounded in the âpureâ philosophy of pragmatism. As an outgrowth of pragmatic thought, progressivism is completely different from all other educational theories. This is because it wasnât arrived at through theoretical speculation.