progressivityn.
/ˌprəʊɡrɛˈsɪvᵻti/, /ˌprɒɡrɛˈsɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌprɑɡrəˈsɪvᵻdi/ The quality or character of being progressive; progressiveness. Chiefly with reference to taxation: see progressive adj. 2d.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > sympathy with or principles of > quality of being progressive
progressiveness1654
progressivity1876
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > types or schemes of taxation > state of being progressive
progressivity1876
1876 tr. F. Godet Stud. New Test. 136 His [sc. man's] progressivity, if I may use the word, has no limit but that of the absolute good to which he aspires.
1880 Princeton Rev. July 108 It has seemed most fitting to discuss the principle of progressivity in connection with the taxation of incomes.
1911 Amer. Econ. Rev. 1 317 Any high degree of progressivity in the near future would probably prove fatal to the local income tax into which it was introduced.
1966 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 25 533/1 The recent loss of progressivity in the personal income tax schedule and its implications.
1988 Eng. World-wide 9 295 The third chapter goes into the verb phrase features such as temporal distance..and the use of stative verbs in the progressive (stativity and progressivity).
1995 Nation 23 Jan. 81/1 They call for..greater progressivity in the tax code.
2001 C. Kelly Russ. Lit. vi. 116 Gender-aware [literary] criticism... did not rank writers in terms of their ‘progressivity’ in feminist terms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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