Progressive may refer to:

Politics

Progressivism Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, tec ...

, a political philosophy in support of social reform **

Progressivism in the United States Progressivism in the United States is a political philosophy and reform movement in the United States advocating for policies that are generally considered left-wing, left-wing populist, libertarian socialist, social democratic, and environment ...

, the political philosophy in the American context *

Progressive realism Progressive realism is an American foreign policy paradigm largely made popular by Robert Wright in 2006 which focuses on producing measurable results in pursuit of widely supported goals. It supports stronger international institutions, free tra ...

, an American foreign policy paradigm focused on producing measurable results in pursuit of widely supported goals

Political organizations

Congressional Progressive Caucus The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party in the United States Congress. The CPC represents the most left-leaning faction of the Democratic Party. " e Congressional Progressive Cau ...

, members within the Democratic Party in the United States Congress dedicated to the advancement of progressive issues and positions *

Progressive Alliance (disambiguation) The Progressive Alliance is an international coalition of social-democratic political parties founded in 2013. Progressive alliance may also refer to: * Progressive Alliance (Uruguay) * Progressive Alliance of Liberia * Progressive alliance (UK ...

Progressive Conservative (disambiguation) Progressive Conservative may refer to an advocate of progressive conservatism. Progressive Conservative may also refer to: Canada * Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a former Canadian federal party; a successor of the original Conserv ...

Progressive Party (disambiguation) Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Ita ...

Progressive Unionist (disambiguation) Progressive Unionist may refer to: *Progressive Unionist Party, a Northern Irish party *Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, a Northern Irish party *Ulster Progressive Unionist Association The Ulster Progressive Unionist Association or, as it b ...

Other uses in politics

Progressive Era The Progressive Era (late 1890s – late 1910s) was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste and inefficiency. The main themes ended during Am ...

, a period of reform in the United States (c. 1890–1930) *

Progressive tax A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.Sommerfeld, Ray M., Silvia A. Madeo, Kenneth E. Anderson, Betty R. Jackson (1992), ''Concepts of Taxation'', Dryden Press: Fort Worth, TX The term ''progre ...

, a type of tax rate structure

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Progressive music Progressive music is music that attempts to expand existing stylistic boundaries associated with specific genres of music. The word comes from the basic concept of "progress", which refers to advancements through accumulation, and is often de ...

, a type of music that expands stylistic boundaries outwards * "Progressive" (song), a 2009 single by Kalafina * ''Progressive'', a demo album by the band Haggard

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Progressive chess Progressive chess is a chess variant in which players, rather than just making one move per turn, play progressively longer series of moves. The game starts with White making one move, then Black makes two consecutive moves, White replies with thr ...

, a chess variant *

Progressive talk radio Progressive talk radio is a talk radio format devoted to expressing left-leaning, liberal or progressive viewpoints of news and issues as opposed to conservative talk radio. In the United States, the format has included syndicated and independe ...

, a talk radio format devoted to expressing liberal or progressive viewpoints of issues * ''

The Progressive ''The Progressive'' is a left-leaning American magazine and website covering politics and culture. Founded in 1909 by U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. and co-edited with his wife Belle Case La Follette, it was originally called ''La Follett ...

'', an American left-wing magazine

Brands and enterprises

Progressive Corporation The Progressive Corporation is an American insurance company, the third largest insurance carrier and the No. 1 commercial auto insurer in the United States. The company was co-founded in 1937 by Jack Green and Joseph M. Lewis, and is headqua ...

, a U.S. insurance company * Progressive Enterprises, a New Zealand retail cooperative

Healthcare

Progressive disease Progressive disease or progressive illness is a disease or physical ailment whose course in most cases is the worsening, growth, or spread of the disease. This may happen until death, serious debility, or organ failure occurs. Some progressive di ...

* Progressive lens, a type of corrective eyeglass lenses

Religion

* Progressive Adventism, a sect of the Seventh-day Adventist Church * Progressive Christianity, a movement within contemporary Protestantism * Progressive creationism, a form of Old Earth creationism * Progressive Islam, a modern liberal interpretation of Islam * Progressive Judaism, a major denomination within Judaism * Progressive religion, a religious tradition which embraces theological diversity * Progressive revelation (Bahá'í), a core teaching of Bahá'í that suggests that religious truth is revealed by God progressively and cyclically over time * Progressive revelation (Christianity), the concept that the sections of the Bible written later contain a fuller revelation of God

Technology

* Progressive disclosure, a technique used in human computer interaction * Progressive scan, a form of video transmission * Progressive shifting, a technique for changing gears in trucks *

Progressive stamping Progressive Die is a metalworking method that can encompass punching, coining, bending and several other ways of modifying metal raw material, combined with an automatic feeding system. The feeding system pushes a strip of metal (as it unrolls ...

, a metalworking technique

Verb forms

Progressive aspect The continuous and progressive aspects ( abbreviated and ) are grammatical aspects that express incomplete action ("to do") or state ("to be") in progress at a specific time: they are non-habitual, imperfective aspects. In the grammars of many ...

(also called ''continuous''), a verb form that expresses incomplete action **

Past progressive This article describes the uses of various verb forms in modern standard English language. This includes: * Finite verb forms such as ''go'', ''goes'' and ''went'' * Nonfinite forms such as ''(to) go'', ''going'' and ''gone'' * Combinations of s ...

Perfect progressive This article describes the uses of various verb forms in modern standard English language. This includes: * Finite verb forms such as ''go'', ''goes'' and ''went'' * Nonfinite forms such as ''(to) go'', ''going'' and ''gone'' * Combinations of s ...

aspects, see

Uses of English verb forms This article describes the uses of various verb forms in modern standard English language. This includes: * Finite verb forms such as ''go'', ''goes'' and ''went'' * Nonfinite forms such as ''(to) go'', ''going'' and ''gone'' * Combinations of s ...

and

English verbs Verbs constitute one of the main parts of speech (word classes) in the English language. Like other types of words in the language, English verbs are not heavily inflected. Most combinations of tense, aspect, mood and voice are expressed peri ...

Other uses

Progressive education Progressive education, or protractivism, is a pedagogical movement that began in the late 19th century and has persisted in various forms to the present. In Europe, progressive education took the form of the New Education Movement. The term ''pr ...

, which emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning * Progressive Field (originally Jacobs Field), home of the Cleveland Guardians * Progressive function, a function in mathematics