Meaning of REFORMIST
Pronunciation: | | ruf'orm`ist
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a disputant who advocates reform
- [adj] favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
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| Synonyms: | | crusader, liberal, meliorist, progressive, reformer |
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| See Also: | | abolitionist, activist, Anthony Comstock, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, Chartist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, Comstock, conservationist, controversialist, demonstrator, disputant, dry, emancipationist, environmentalist, feminist, flower child, Francis Everett Townsend, freedom fighter, Girolamo Savonarola, hippie, hippy, hipster, Hus, Huss, insurgent, insurrectionist, Jan Hus, John Huss, John Wilkes, libber, militant, non-resistant, Owen, passive resister, prohibitionist, protester, rebel, Robert Owen, Savonarola, Townsend, Utopian, Wilkes, women's liberationist, women's rightist | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Re*form"ist\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]formiste.]
A reformer.
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