Reformist
adj, noun
adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who advocates reform (of an institution).
- 2 a disputant who advocates reform wordnet
- 3 Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
- 4 An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer. dated
- 5 An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.) dated, obsolete
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- 6 A member of a reformed religious denomination.
Adjective
- 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 Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
Adjective
- 1 favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) wordnet
Example
More examples"Pedro is my mocha-toned Spanish-speaking friend form Ecuador. He is part-Inca. He lives economically, but has political ambitions. He partook in my meditation classes in the Thai temple, Wat Yanviriya, in Vancouver, BC. He once knew Esperanto and felt like a reformist of it."
Etymology
From reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.
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