progressiveness
Embracing change readily
Progressiveness is the quality of being progressive—favoring reform, innovation, or advancement rather than maintaining traditional ways.
The term appears in discussions of politics, education, and social policy: The progressiveness of their curriculum attracted families from across the city.
It can also describe gradual increase or forward movement: the progressiveness of the disease.
Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- diversityState of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
multiculturalism · tolerance · secularism · environmentalism · anti-racism · pro-choice · egalitarianism · humanitarianism
First to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
- forward-lookingOriented toward the future
visionary · experimentation · trailblazing · avant-garde · modernism · transformation · bold · unconventional
Direct effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
enfranchisement · emancipation · amendment · restructuring · overhaul · deregulation · decriminalization · welfare
Progress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- improvementPositive change in quality
- expansionIncrease in scope
enhancement · maturation · escalation · milestone · breakthrough · elevation · optimization · enrichment
liberalism
Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- diversityState of varied elements
equality · multiculturalism · tolerance · secularism · environmentalism · anti-racism · pro-choice · egalitarianism · humanitarianism · intersectionality
pioneering
First to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
forward-looking · visionary · experimentation · trailblazing · avant-garde · modernism · transformation · bold · unconventional · radical
activism
Direct effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
liberalization · enfranchisement · emancipation · amendment · restructuring · overhaul · deregulation · decriminalization · welfare · redistribution
development
Progress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- improvementPositive change in quality
expansion · enhancement · maturation · escalation · milestone · breakthrough · elevation · optimization · enrichment · proliferation
- open-mindednessopen-mindedness, openness, open mind, broad-mindedness, broadminded
progressivenessconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
traditionalism · reactionaryism · reactionism · right-wing ideology · paleoconservatism
progressivenessbackwardness
State of being undeveloped
regressiveness · stagnation · inertia · antiquatedness · old-fashionedness
progressivenessnarrow-mindedness
Closed thinking, limited perspective
illiberalism · close-mindedness · intolerance · bigotry · closed-mindedness
progress, progression, ingredient, progressive, aggression, progressing, regress, egress, digress