Progressive movement

Cultural  

1. A movement for reform that occurred roughly between 1900 and 1920. Progressives typically held that irresponsible actions by the rich were corrupting both public and private life. They called for measures such as trust busting, the regulation of railroads, provisions for the people to vote on laws themselves through referendum, the election of the Senate by the people rather than by state legislatures, and a graduated income tax (one in which higher tax rates are applied to higher incomes). The Progressives were able to get much of their program passed into law. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were associated with the movement.

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Example Sentences

“It’s a very weird, kind of aggressive environment to go into.”

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

The episode is another example of what has been described as a toxic, aggressive environment at Uber that current and former employees say goes to the very top ranks of the company.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2017

It is an aggressive environment and everyone has strong personalities.

From Newsweek • Apr. 9, 2015

"We are looking at how to preserve this in such an aggressive environment," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2014

Anyways, an aggressive environment will attenuate to disappearance local-schizophrenia with beneficial effects on everybody.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor