favoring or promoting progress | belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages |
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases | relating to a recently developed fashion or style |
advancing in severity | characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture |
gradually advancing in extent | ahead of the times |
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 | |