notion of progress

collocation in English

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notion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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progress
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.ɡres/us
/ˈprɑː.ɡres/
movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a ...
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(Definition ofnotionandprogressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Here is, of course, another divergence with the economicnotionofprogressand growth.
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Instead, it is a philosophy or worldview that directly challenges thenotionofprogressand what may be considered the faith-based claims of optimism.
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Postmodernity then represents the culmination of this process where constant change has become the "status quo" and thenotionofprogressobsolete.
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The book raises important questions about the wholenotionofprogress, and explores the root causes of the problems faced by a highly industrialized society.
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And the increasing domination of nature by means of technical networks was supported by a discourse that connected technical innovations to notions of progress, general wealth, and economic growth.
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This action was largely to lead toward a great supernatural event, but had a great deal of real world notions of progress.
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Today most anthropologists continue to reject 19th century notions of progress and the three original assumptions of unilineal evolution.
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Today most anthropologists reject 19th-century notions of progress and the three assumptions of unilineal evolution.
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In other words, the dialect has fallen victim to notions of progress.
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This perspective could be seen as anarchist in that it implicitly critiques notions of progress fundamental to authoritarian ideologies which abstract from the personal here-and-now meeting of human beings.
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