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      progressive
      noun
      a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
      a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
      adjective
      advancing in severity
      (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
      gradually advancing in extent
      (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
      favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
      favoring or promoting progress
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardgradior-gress · Latin · step
      Synonyms for progressive
      progressivistliberaladjliberalistnreformistnprogressionistliberalisticadjregressiveadjretrogressiveadjleftistadjprogressistradicaladj
      Words related to progressive
      ultraprogressiveadjantiprogressiveadjunprogressiveadjprogressivitynprogressivenessnnonprogressiveadjprogressivismndegressiveadjoverliberalprogressivelyadvprogressionaldegenerativeadjregrediencenincrementalistultraliberalismnprogressionnultraliberalconservativeadjregressivitynsuperconservativeadjincrementalismnprogressesvregressivelyadvnonconservativeadjincrementaladjvanguardistliberalismncentristadjconservatizev

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      The word progressive breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“forth, forward”); and -gress, from Latin gradior (“step”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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