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progressive
adj. liberal, advocating reform, supporting change; modern, advanced; changing gradually, changing incrementally; increasing in severity
 
n. liberal, one who supports political reform; one who supports advancement, one who advocates improvement and change


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Progressive
Progressive is an adjectival form of progress and may refer to: In politics:An alternate term currently in wide use favored by some adherents to modern liberalism in the United States.Progressivism, a political movement/ideology with origins in early 20th century America.Progressive Era, period of reform in the United States which lasted from the 1890s through the 1920sProgressive Party, name of several different active and inactive political parties across the worldProgressive tax, tax imposed so that the tax rate increases as the amount to which the rate is applied increasesThe Progressive, left-wing monthly magazine
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progressive
Noun
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
(synonym) progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense
(hypernym) tense
(hyponym) present progressive, present progressive tense
2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
(synonym) liberal
(hypernym) adult, grownup
(hyponym) armchair liberal
Adjective
1. favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
(antonym) regressive
(similar) advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern
(see-also) forward
2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
(synonym) reformist, reform-minded
(similar) liberal
(classification) government, governing, governance, government activity
3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases
(antonym) regressive
(similar) degressive
(classification) tax, taxation, revenue enhancement
4. gradually advancing in extent
(similar) increasing
5. advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis"
(similar) active


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progressiv
adj. progressive, changing gradually, developmental, progressing, growing, advanced; advocating reform, supporting change, liberal

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progressif
adj. progressive, liberal, advanced

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