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Reformist

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Advocating reform of an institution or body.

    "[...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity."

  2. 2
    Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
Adjective
  1. 1
    favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who advocates reform (of an institution).
  2. 2
    a disputant who advocates reform wordnet
  3. 3
    Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
  4. 4
    An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer. dated
  5. 5
    An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.) dated, obsolete
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  1. 6
    A member of a reformed religious denomination.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.

Etymology 2

From reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.

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