progressive ideas

Socially advancing notions

Progressive ideas are political or social views that favor reform, modernization, and change toward greater equality or expanded rights.

The term often implies moving society forward from traditional arrangements: She championed progressive ideas about healthcare and education.

What counts as progressive shifts over time—yesterday's progressive ideas may become today's mainstream consensus.

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democracy · ranked choice voting · sustainability · transparency · diversity · human rights · inclusion · civil liberties · bodily autonomy · justice · restorative justice · artistic freedom · environmental justice · grassroots movements · community organizing · anti-corruption · free speech · multiculturalism

Opposites
political-ideological orientation

progressive ideasconservative values

Beliefs favoring established norms

right-wing ideology · neoconservatism · paleoconservatism · religious conservatism · social conservatism

temporal orientation toward change

progressive ideasantiquarianism

Enthusiasm for old artifacts

anti-modernism · traditionalism · preservationism · reaction · retrenchment

social structure and hierarchy

progressive ideastraditional values

Long-established cultural principles

patriarchal values · fascist ideology · ethnonationalism · nativism · social Darwinism

Family

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