progressive

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Synonyms: progression, regressive, progressing, unprogressive, progressist, processive, progressives, improgressive, progressism, progressio

Antonyms: progression, regressive, progressing, unprogressive, progressist, processive, progressives, improgressive, progressism, progressio

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Adjective

1. Favouring or promoting [[progress]]; [[advanced]].
2. Gradually advancing in extent; [[increasing]].
3. Promoting or favoring progress towards [[improve]]d [[condition]]s or new [[policy|policies]], [[idea]]s{{,}} or [[method]]s.
4. {{lb|en|politics}} {{U|liberal}}.
5. {{lb|en|education}} Of or relating to [[progressive education]].
6. {{lb|en|of an income tax or other tax}} Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
7. Advancing in severity.
8. {{q|grammar}} {{U|continuous}}.

Noun

1. One with [[liberal]] or progressive political beliefs.

Noun

1. A person who actively favors or strives for [[progress]] towards [[improved]] [[condition]]s, as in [[society]] or [[government]].
2. {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[progressive verb]]; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in ''-ing''.

Noun

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