6 sentences with 'progressive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word progressive and other words derived from it.
• « It also abandons the claim that the history of Western Civilisation was generally progressive, with most people's living conditions and understanding of the natural world improving over time (in fact, they did not). »
• « As an aside, it is important to note that the progressive view of history, namely the idea that "things always get better with time" is actually wrong in much of history, as reflected in the lives of peasants in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. »
• « Beyond the progressive ideas about gender, some of Fourier's concepts were a little more puzzling. Among other things, he claimed that planets mated and gave birth to baby planets, and that once all humanity lived in communities the oceans would become lemonade. »
• « The welfare state was paid for by progressive taxation schemes and a very large reduction in military spending; one of the benefits of Western Europe's alliance with the United States, and Europe's commitment to the United Nations, was that it was politically feasible to greatly reduce the size of each country's military, on the understanding that it was the United States that would lead the way in keeping the threat of Soviet invasion in check. »