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antireform

antireform adjective: opposing reform.

Adjective

antireform (comparative more antireform, superlative most antireform)

  1. Opposing reform
    • It was top-down, antireform politics.1990 October 5, Ben Joravsky, “Annals of school reform: the security guard snafu”, in Chicago Reader
    • Russia made good progress on privatization in 1993 despite active opposition from key cabinet members, hard-line legislators, and antireform regional leaders.1994, United States Central Intelligence Agency, “Russia”, in 1994 CIA World Factbook

Forms of antireform

comparativemore antireform
superlativemost antireform

Origin of antireform

From anti- + reform.

Words formed from antireform

Questions about antireform

What does antireform mean?
Antireform means opposing reform.
What part of speech is antireform?
Antireform is an adjective.

Words near antireform in the dictionary

  1. antireferendum
  2. antireflecting
  3. antireflection
  4. antireflective
  5. antireflux
  6. antireform
  7. antireformer
  8. antireformers
  9. antireforming
  10. antireformism
  11. antireformist

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