reformist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.
Adjective
[edit]reformist (comparative more reformist, superlative most reformist)
- (politics) Advocating reform of an institution or body.
- 1913, Émile Faguet, translated by Sir Home Gordon, Initiation into Literature:
- [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
- Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
Antonyms
[edit]- (advocating small changes) revolutionary
Translations
[edit]advocating reform of an institution or body
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Noun
[edit]reformist (plural reformists)
- One who advocates reform (of an institution).
- Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
- (dated, 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
- (dated, 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
- (religious) A member of a reformed religious denomination.
Translations
[edit]one who advocates reform (of an institution)
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Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:reformist. (entry for reformist in the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition)
References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Hélyot, Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux, Paris, Migne, 1850
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French réformiste.
Noun
[edit]reformist m (plural reformiști)
Declension
[edit]Declension of reformist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) reformist | reformistul | (niște) reformiști | reformiștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) reformist | reformistului | (unor) reformiști | reformiștilor |
vocative | reformistule | reformiștilor |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]refòrmist m (Cyrillic spelling рефо̀рмист)
Declension
[edit]Declension of reformist
singular | plural | |
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nominative | reformist | reformisti |
genitive | reformista | reformista |
dative | reformistu | reformistima |
accusative | reformista | reformiste |
vocative | reformiste | reformisti |
locative | reformistu | reformistima |
instrumental | reformistom | reformistima |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “reformist” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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