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Definition of Reformist
1. Adjective. Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Similar to: Liberal
Derivative terms: Progressive, Progressiveness, Progressivity
2. Noun. A disputant who advocates reform.
Generic synonyms: Controversialist, Disputant, Eristic
Specialized synonyms: Abolitionist, Emancipationist, Birth-control Campaigner, Birth-control Reformer, Chartist, Civil Rights Activist, Civil Rights Leader, Civil Rights Worker, Demonstrator, Protester, Dry, Prohibitionist, Conservationist, Environmentalist, Feminist, Libber, Women's Liberationist, Women's Rightist, Flower Child, Hippie, Hippy, Hipster, Freedom Fighter, Insurgent, Insurrectionist, Rebel, Activist, Militant, Non-resistant, Passive Resister, Preservationist, Utopian
Specialized synonyms: Anthony Comstock, Comstock, Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Hus, Huss, Jan Hus, John Huss, Owen, Robert Owen, Girolamo Savonarola, Savonarola, Francis Everett Townsend, Townsend, John Wilkes, Wilkes
Derivative terms: Crusade, Meliorism, Reform, Reform, Reform, Reform, Reformism
Definition of Reformist
1. n. A reformer.
Definition of Reformist
1. Adjective. Advocating reform of an institution or body. ¹
2. Adjective. Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action. ¹
3. Noun. One who advocates reform (of an institution). ¹
4. Noun. Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action. ¹
5. Noun. (dated 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer. ¹
6. Noun. (dated 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.) ¹
7. Noun. A member of a reformed religious denomination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reformist
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