belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | favoring or promoting progress |
relating to a recently developed fashion or style | (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases |
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | advancing in severity |
ahead of the times | gradually advancing in extent |
| favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) |
| (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position |