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progressive
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[ adjective ] (politics) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Synonyms Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)In late 1957 the M.P. ( Mouvement_Populaire ) appeared and in the spring of 1958 the internal strains of the Istiqlal was revealed when the third Council_of_Government under Balafrej was formed without support from progressive elements in the party . Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide , minority parties , such_as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958 , clamor for elections when out of power , but are not at_all certain they wish_to be controlled by popular choice when in power . As the more conservative group with strong backing from wealthy businessmen , the U.M.C.I.A. was generally favored against the more progressive , labor based U.N.F.P. The newer party campaigned heavily , while the older , more confident party expected the Moroccan merchants and small_businessmen to support them as they had done for many years . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
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[ adjective ] favoring or promoting progress
Examples "progressive schools" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)So we may conceive the coexistence of the infinite number of universal , apparently momentary states_of_matter , successive one_after_another in consciousness , but permanent each on its own basic phase of the progressive frequencies . Consciousness is the factor that provides the progressive continuity to sensory impressions . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)A single value of the thermal relaxation_time **f at room_temperature was measured by the progressive saturation method . |
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[ adjective ] of illness; marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
Synonyms Examples "degenerative diseases of old age" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Related terms tense future_progressive past_progressive present_progressive |
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[ adjective ] (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases
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[ adjective ] gradually advancing in extent
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[ noun ] (politics) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Synonyms Related terms conservative adult Whig pluralist armchair_liberal neoliberal latitudinarian |
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