PROGRESSIVENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods

Synonyms:

progressiveness; progressivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("progressiveness" is a kind of...):

changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)

Derivation:

progressive (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action))

progressive (favoring or promoting progress)