Progressive
Progressive noun - A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
Social democrat and progressive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Social democrat" instead a noun "Progressive".
Social democrat
Progressive and social democrat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Progressive" instead a noun phrase "Social democrat".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In the novel partisans of the Fortschrittpartei (progressive liberals) help the Social Democrat Torgelow to gain his majority, in real life it had been the other way around.
Source: Literature / Der Stechlin
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Social democrat and Progressive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/progressive/social_democrat
Progressive & Social democrat. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/progressive/social_democrat>.
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