progressive
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pro·gres·sive
(prə-grĕs'ĭv) 
adj.
progressiveness pro·gres'sive·ness n.
adj.
- Moving forward; advancing.
- Proceeding in steps; continuing steadily by increments: progressive change.
- Promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods: a progressive politician; progressive business leadership.
- Progressive Of or relating to a Progressive Party: the Progressive platform of 1924.
- Of or relating to progressive education: a progressive school.
- Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases: a progressive income tax.
- Pathology. Tending to become more severe or wider in scope: progressive paralysis.
- Grammar. Designating a verb form that expresses an action or condition in progress.
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress toward better conditions, as in society or government.
- Progressive A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
- Grammar. A progressive verb form.
progressiveness pro·gres'sive·ness n.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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progressive
adjective
- Ahead of current trends or customs: advanced, forward, precocious. See precede/follow.
- Not narrow or conservative in thought, expression, or conduct: broad, broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, tolerant. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, wide/narrow.
- Favoring civil liberties and social progress: liberal, liberalistic. See politics.
noun
- A person with liberal political opinions: liberal, liberalist. See politics.
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progressive
adj
Definition: liberal, growing
Antonyms: conservative, moderate
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progressive
IN BRIEF: n. - Characterized by going forward or onward.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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progressive
Advancing, increasing in scope and severity.
- p. ethmoid hematoma — see progressive nasal hematoma (below).
- p. interstitial pneumonia in sheep — see maedi.
- p. motor neuron disease — various forms of these diseases, all characterized by progressive paresis, paralysis and local muscle atrophy, progressive muscular dystrophy, are recorded in dogs (Brittany spaniel, Rottweiler, Swedish Lapland), horses, Brown Swiss calves, pigs (Yorkshire, Hampshire).
- p. nasal hematoma — a disease of horses characterized by epistaxis and nasal obstruction. The large hemorrhagic mass originates from the ethmoid region and has a high rate of recurrence after surgery. Called also hemorrhagic nasal polyp, progressive ethmoidal hematoma.
- p. posterior paralysis — see progressive ataxia.
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categories related to 'progressive'
- Diagnostic Terminology - progressive: (adj) growing steadily worse, often fatal
- Politicians and Activists - progressive: one supporting political change and social improvement by moderate government policies
- Grammar and Usage - progressive: verb form indicating continuing action
- Helpful, Positive, Responsible, or Nice
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Progressive
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Look up Progressive, progressively, progressiveness, unprogressive, or unprogressively in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Progressive is an adjectival form of progress and may refer to:
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Politics
- Progressivism, a political ideology
- Progressive Era, a period of reform in the United States (ca. 1890–1930)
- Progressive Party (disambiguation), any of several political parties
- Progressive tax, a type of tax rate structure
- The Progressive, a left-wing magazine
- Progressive realism, an American foreign policy paradigm which focuses on producing measurable results in pursuit of widely supported goals
- Congressional Progressive Caucus, members within the Democratic Party in the United States Congress dedicated to the advancment of progressive issues and positions
Business
- Progressive Corporation, a US insurance company
- Progressive Enterprises, a New Zealand retail cooperative
Music
- Progressive music (disambiguation), an approach to musical composition
- Progressive rock, a subgenre of rock music
- Progressive metal, a genre of heavy metal music
- Progressive country, a subgenre of country music
- Progressive electronic music, a collection of electronic dance music genres
- Progressive folk music, originally a type of American folk music that pursued a progressive political agenda, in the UK the term became attached to a sub-genre that encourages stylistic or thematic innovation
- Progressive Hip-Hop, hip hop other than the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, bass, hardcore, and party rap
- Progressive psytrance, a style of trance music
- Progressive post-hardcore, derived from hardcore punk which had typically featured very fast tempos, loud volume and heavy bass levels
- Progressive rock (radio format), a radio station programming format
- Progressive (album), a demo by the band Haggard
- "Progressive" (song), Kalafina's sixth single
Religion
- Progressive Adventism, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church
- Progressive Christianity, a movement within contemporary Protestantism
- Progressive creationism, a form of Old Earth creationism
- Progressive Judaism, a term for strands of Judaism which do not view halakha as normative
- Progressive revelation (Bahá'í), a core teaching of Bahá'í that suggests that religious truth is revealed by God progressively and cyclically over time
- Progressive revelation (Christianity), the concept that the sections of the Bible written later contain a fuller revelation of God
- Liberal movements within Islam, or "progressive Islam", a modern liberal interpretation of Islam
Sports
- Progressive Field (originally Jacobs Field), home of the Cleveland Indians
Technology
- Progressive disclosure, a technique used in human computer interaction
- Progressive scan, a form of video transmission
Other fields
- Progressive illness, an illness that gradually progresses
- Continuous and progressive aspects, a grammatical aspect that expresses incomplete action
- Progressive chess, a chess variant
- Progressive education, which emphasizes a "hands-on" approach to learning
- Progressive function, function in mathematics
- Progressive jackpot, a jackpot where the value increases for every game played
- Progressive lenses, a type of corrective eyeglass lenses
- Progressive shifting, technique for changing gears in trucks
- Progressive stamping, a metalworking technique
- Progressive talk radio, a talk radio format devoted to expressing liberal or progressive viewpoints of issues
See also
- Progress (disambiguation)
- Progression (disambiguation)
- Progressive Alliance (disambiguation)
- Progressive Party (disambiguation)
- Progressive Unionist (disambiguation)
- Progressivism (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing "Progressive"
- All pages beginning with "Progressive"
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Progressive
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fremadskridende, tiltagende, progressiv, fremskridtsvenlig
n. - fremskridtsmand
Nederlands (Dutch)
progressief, vooruitstrevend, stapsgewijs, geleidelijk, toenemend, politiek vooruitstrevend (persoon)
Français (French)
adj. - progressif, évolutif
n. - (gén, Pol) progressiste, (Ling) progressif
Deutsch (German)
adj. - fortschreitend, schrittweise, progressiv, fortschrittlich
n. - Progressiver
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προοδευτικός, φιλοπρόοδος
n. - νεωτεριστής, καινοτόμος, προοδευτικός
Italiano (Italian)
progressivo, progressista, avanzato
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - progressivo
n. - progressivo
Русский (Russian)
постепенный, прогрессивный, прогрессивный человек
Español (Spanish)
adj. - progresivo, gradual, progresista, avanzado
n. - progresista
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - framstegsvänlig, tilltagande, fortlöpande, framåtskridande, progressiv
n. - framstegsvän
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
前进的, 进步的, 累进的, 改革论者, 进步论者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 前進的, 進步的, 累進的
n. - 改革論者, 進步論者
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전진하는, 진보적인
n. - 진보주의[론]자
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 進歩的な, 前進する, 進行性の, 累進的な
n. - 進歩的な人, 進歩論者
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) تقدمي (الاسم) متقدم, آخذ في التقدم
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מתקדם, מודרני, בן-זמננו, הולך ומחמיר, פרוגרסיבי
n. - סניגור של פוליטיקה מתקדמת או של תיקונים חברתיים
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