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reformist
Word definitions for reformist in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) [syn: progressive , reform-minded ] n. a disputant who advocates reform [syn: reformer , crusader , meliorist ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, originally religious; from reform + -ist . Political sense is from 1640s. Related: Reformism .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Against this background, the muzzling of 16 reformist newspapers can only be seen as an assault on popular sovereignty. ▪ But the deeper imprint of the central authority, and the harsher side to its reformist zeal, left ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reformist \Re*form"ist\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]formiste.] A reformer.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Advocating reform of an institution or body. 2 Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action. n. 1 One who advocates reform (of an institution). 2 Specifically, one who advocates reform ...
Usage examples of reformist.
One could rightly say that FDR resolved the contradictions of american progressivism by forging a synthesis of the American imperialist vocation and reformist capitalism, represented by Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
Before a new constitution actually came into effect, an extensive range of reformist policies including land reform, woman suffrage, prolabor legislation, and economic democratization had been put into practice under the existing national charter.
Pyotr Stolypin, the Prime Minister and last reformist hope of Tsarist Russia between 1906 and 1911.
But the danger also existed of bringing into the new International reformist and centrist leaders who were attempting to keep a firm grip on their radicalised rank and file.
Revolutionaries and reformists were suddenly united in their general opposition to the war.
He was a typical centrist, Marxist in words and phrases but reformist in deeds.
Already devastated by a slow economy, no foreign investment, and a general lack of confidence in its reformist government, Russia had finally refrained from any more military forays for several years.
It was reformist, something like the Labor Party in England, the Social Democrats in Germany.