Definition of Progressives

1. Noun. (plural of Progressive) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of progressive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Progressives

1. progressive [n] - See also: progressive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Progressives

progressists
progressive
progressive-verb
progressive aspect
progressive dinner
progressive dinners
progressive emphysematous necrosis
progressive metal
progressive rock
progressive tax
progressive tense
progressive vaccinia
progressive verb
progressively
progressiveness
progressives (current term)
progressivism
progressivisms
progressivist
progressivistic
progressivists
progressivities
progressivity
progressless
progressor
progressors
progs
proguanil
progue
progued

Literary usage of Progressives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Four Administrations: From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar Solomon Straus (1922)
"... his business to trace the changing currents of human thought and to produce accurate pictures of men in action. And so, in touching on the progressives, ..."

2. History of the State of New York, Political and Governmental by Willis Fletcher Johnson, Roscoe Conkling Ensign Brown, Walter Whipple Spooner, Willis Holly, Ray Burdick Smith (1922)
"Roosevelt promptly informed the progressives that he must hold their nomination in abeyance; if they desired an instant decision he must decline. ..."

3. Contributions to Education by Columbia University Teachers College (1922)
"OTHER progressives ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Other progressives in education do not favor exclusive domination of the secondary school by vocational education ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"W: B. Meloney. 11 Everybody's 35:385- 97 О '16 Davenport. Outlook 114:141-6 S 20 '16 Hughes and the progressives. Nation 102:559 Hughes acceptance. ..."

5. A Comparison of Tendencies in Secondary Education in England and the United by James William Norman (1922)
"OTHER progressives ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Other progressives in education do not favor exclusive domination of the secondary school by vocational education ..."

6. Under Four Administrations: From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar Solomon Straus (1922)
"In his famous Norton letter he had even gone so far as to imply, if not to expressly admit, that federal Patronage had been used against the progressives in ..."

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