progressives
plural of progressive
Progressives
plural of Progressive
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*gress"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. progressif.]
1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. Progressive euchre or whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.
– Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles.
– Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv.
– Pro*gress"ive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 October 2024
(noun) displaying a sense of being better than others; “he hated the white man’s superiority and condescension”
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