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(satellite adjective) advancing in severity; "progressive paralysis" |
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(satellite adjective) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) |
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Synonyms: reformist |
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(adjective) favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" |
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Antonyms: regressive |
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(adjective) (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases |
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Antonyms: regressive |
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(satellite adjective) gradually advancing in extent |
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(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
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Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense |
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Related Words: future progressive, future progressive tense, past progressive, past progressive tense, present progressive, present progressive tense, tense |
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(satellite adjective) of illness; marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age" |
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Synonyms: degenerative |
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(noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties |
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Synonyms: liberal |
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Related Words: Whig, adult, grownup, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist |
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