Progressive party

noun

1. a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.

2. a similar party formed in 1924 under the leadership of Robert M. La Follette.

3. a political party formed in 1948 under the leadership of Henry A. Wallace.

Progressive Party

noun

1. a US political party, made up chiefly of dissident Republicans, that nominated Theodore Roosevelt as its presidential candidate in 1912 and supported primaries, progressive labour legislation, and other reforms

2. a US political party, composed mostly of farmers, socialists, and unionists, that nominated Robert La Follette for president in 1924 and supported public ownership of railways and of public utilities and other reforms

3. a US political party, composed chiefly of dissident Democrats, that nominated Henry Wallace for president in 1948 and supported the nationalization of key industries, advocated social reforms, and opposed the Cold War

4. (in South Africa) the former name for Progressive Federal Party

Example Sentences

Since 2016, Taipei’s governing Democratic Progressive Party has cultivated a distinct Taiwanese identity and strengthened ties with global capitals.

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Novi Sad station was supposed to be a symbol of Serbia's progress, under President Aleksandar Vučić's Progressive Party.

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In the last nonbinding referendum, the pro-statehood New Progressive Party excluded the commonwealth as an option on the ballot.

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A failed effort this year to unseat dozens of opposition lawmakers, which could have given Lai's Democratic Progressive Party a majority in the parliament, left the government weakened.

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While the ruling Democratic Progressive Party has long championed an antinuclear platform, President Lai Ching-te, who has made national resilience against China a political rallying cry, said after the vote that Taiwan’s nuclear safety commission would consider how nuclear-power generation could be restored.

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