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How to pronounce progressives in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms reform-minded, reformist
Derivation progressivity, progressiveness
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Synonyms liberal, liberalist
Type of grownup, adult
Has types latitudinarian, pluralist, armchair liberal, whig, neoliberal
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Synonyms continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense
Type of tense
Has types future progressive, present progressive tense, present progressive, future progressive tense, past progressive, past progressive tense
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progressive paralysis.
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Derivation progressiveness


progressive schools.
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progressive euchre.
progressive tournaments.
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Examples of progressives

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Progressives don't much regret the passing of the Democratic Leadership Council.
From the theatlantic.com
Hey, AVoicefromAmerica, you sound like one of those over emotional progressives.
From the guardian.co.uk
Progressives did a fine job of creating the conditions for real change to occur.
From the scienceblogs.com
That, however, should not provide a lot of comfort to liberals and progressives.
From the theatlantic.com
Yet for decades now, progressives have failed to truly mobilize their own base.
From the forbes.com
Once America's progressives are fully snuffed out, we will all be its casualties.
From the suntimes.com
We got rid of the communist and socialist threat by renaming them progressives.
From the ocregister.com
Some suspect this is an effort by progressives to tweak justices they don't like.
From the scoop.co.nz
Arianna sold out progressives and has become the person she used to rail against.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • (progressive) favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools"
  • (progressive) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
  • (progressive) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
  • (progressive) liberal: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
  • (progressive) (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
  • (progressive) gradually advancing in extent
  • Progressivism is a political attitude favoring or advocating changes or reform. Progressivism is often viewed in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies. ...
  • The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba. ...
  • The Progressive Party was the name of a defunct municipal political organisation that operated in several Scottish cities and towns in the 20th century but based around tacit anti-Labour co-operation between the Unionist Party, Scottish Liberals and Independents.