Progressive vs Transgressive - What's the difference?
progressive | transgressive |
Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.
Of or relating to progressive education.
(of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
Advancing in severity.
liberal (politically)
(grammar) continuous
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
(grammar) A progressive verb.
Involving transgression; that passes beyond some limit; sinful.
Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
As adjectives the difference between progressive and transgressive
is that progressive is favouring or promoting progress; advanced while transgressive is involving transgression; that passes beyond some limit; sinful.As a noun progressive
is a person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.progressive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a progressive politician
- progressive business leadership
- a progressive school
- progressive paralysis
Antonyms
* regressive * (advancing in severity) non-progressive * conservativeDerived terms
* progressive euchre * progressiveness * progressivism * progressivityNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* future perfect progressive * future progressive * past perfect progressive * past progressive * present perfect progressive * present progressivetransgressive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex." – Roger Ebert