Results for "progressive
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progressive
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "progressive", "results": [{"synonyms": ["reform-minded", "reformist"], "similarTo": ["liberal"], "definition": "favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)", "derivation": ["progressivity", "progressiveness"], "inCategory": ["administration", "governance", "governing", "government", "government activity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"typeOf": ["grownup", "adult"], "hasTypes": ["latitudinarian", "pluralist", "armchair liberal", "whig", "neoliberal"], "synonyms": ["liberal", "liberalist"], "definition": "a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["tense"], "hasTypes": ["future progressive", "present progressive tense", "present progressive", "future progressive tense", "past progressive", "past progressive tense"], "synonyms": ["continuous tense", "imperfect", "imperfect tense", "progressive tense"], "definition": "a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"examples": ["progressive paralysis"], "similarTo": ["active"], "definition": "advancing in severity", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"also": ["forward", "industrial"], "antonyms": ["regressive"], "examples": ["progressive schools"], "similarTo": ["state-of-the-art", "modernized", "modernised", "innovative", "forward-moving", "forward-looking", "advanced", "advancing", "modern", "forward"], "definition": "favoring or promoting progress", "derivation": ["progressiveness"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"similarTo": ["increasing"], "definition": "gradually advancing in extent", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["progressive euchre", "progressive tournaments"], "similarTo": ["ordered"], "definition": "(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"antonyms": ["regressive"], "similarTo": ["degressive"], "definition": "(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases", "inCategory": ["taxation", "tax", "revenue enhancement"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.44, "syllables": {"list": ["pro", "gres", "sive"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "prə'grɛsɪv"}}