The phrase "absolute progress" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or state where progress is complete or total, often in a philosophical or theoretical context.
Example: "The concept of absolute progress suggests that humanity is on a continuous path of improvement and development."
Alternatives: "total advancement" or "complete progress".
I'm not saying the Gherkin isn't a beautiful building because it is, and the Cheese Grater is great, and actually I think the Shard isn't a bad building either, but I just don't think they in absolute terms represent progress on a Georgian terrace house.
Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said: "The devastating verdict is in - in just one year this government has pushed a million people into absolute poverty and progress in tackling relative child poverty has completely stalled.
Individuals who have raised blood glucose levels, yet are below the threshold for Type 2 diabetes, are estimated to have between 5 and 15% greater absolute risk for progressing to diabetes than those with normal glucose levels [ 2].
The face and conceptual validity was tested by asking four clinician methodologists with experience in clinical epidemiology, systematic reviews and health equity to review the items and judge their clarity and their ability to measure the concept of interest, defined as assessing the likelihood of differences in relative or absolute effects across PROGRESS-Plus characteristics[ 21].
And yet that is the central issue facing the world at Durban: most non Annex-1 countries – a category now including such poverty-stricken nations as the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Singapore and so on – insist that a new round of Kyoto is the be-all and end-all, an absolute precondition for any progress towards a truly global deal encompassing all the major emitters.
This is an absolute standard of scientific progress in the sense of Section 2.5.
However, in recent years there has been substantial progress for absolute quantification of T1, T2, PD of a whole volume with high resolution in a mere 5 min [4, 5].
The revolutionism of nanotechnology and its prevalence in the future is well illustrated by the words of Nobel laureate Jaures Alferov: "Nanotechnology is an absolute technology that ensures progress in all known applications from the earth to space" [10].
As we shall see, the main rival philosophical theories of progress propose absolute criteria, such as problem-solving capacity or increasing truthlikeness, that are applicable to all developments of science throughout its history.
