incrementalism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Any method of achieving a goal by means of a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

   “We don’t want to scare away our members or provoke a fight with the government. So the only realistic approach is incrementalism. We will campaign, issue by issue, sector by sector, for gradual improvements. […] The problem was never that system change is too big an ask or takes too long. The problem is that incrementalism is too small an ask.”

   “And after a summer of extreme heat and wild weather, she evidently worries that incrementalism will not be enough to address a climate crisis that is crying out for revolution.”