reformist
reformist adjective: advocating reform of an institution or body.
Adjective
reformist (comparative more reformist, superlative most reformist)
- Advocating reform of an institution or body.
- [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.1913, Émile Faguet, translated by Sir Home Gordon, Initiation into Literature
- Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
Noun
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.
- An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
- An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
- A member of a reformed religious denomination.
reformist meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Malay
reformist in Hindi
- a reformist
- सुधारवादी sudhārvādī
- reformist
- सुधारवादी sudhārvādī
reformist in Urdu
- مجدی
reformist in Arabic
- one who advocates reform (of an institution)
- إِصْلَاحِيّ ʔiṣlāḥiyy
reformist in Malay
- one who advocates reform (of an institution)
- reformis
More languagesFewer languages
- reformist in Indonesian
- reformis
Antonyms of reformist
Forms of reformist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more reformist |
| superlative | most reformist |
| Noun | |
| plural | reformists |
Origin of reformist
From reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.
Words formed from reformist
Questions about reformist
- What does reformist mean?
- Reformist means advocating reform of an institution or body.
- What is reformist in Hindi?
- Reformist in Hindi is सुधारवादी (sudhārvādī). See Reformist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reformist?
- Reformist can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near reformist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: reformist (page history and authors); सुधारवादी (Hindi) (page history and authors); reformist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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