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reformist
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɪst/
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What does reformist mean?
adjective
- Advocating reform of an institution or body.
- Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
noun
- One who advocates reform (of an institution).
More meanings (4)
noun
- Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
- A member of a reformed religious denomination.
- (dated) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
- (dated, obsolete) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɪst/
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Meanwhile, the FRG has been providing billions of dollars to help the former Soviet republics and the reformist economies of Eastern Europe.
There is a Reformist section in the C. G. T., but it is practically always in a minority, and the C. G. T. is, to all intents and purposes, the organ of revolutionary Syndicalism, which is simply the creed of its leaders.