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reformist
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Noun reformist has 1 sense
- reformist(n = noun.person) crusader, meliorist, reformer, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform; Array is a kind of controversialist, disputant, eristic
has particulars: abolitionist, emancipationist, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, chartist, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, demonstrator, protester, dry, prohibitionist, conservationist, environmentalist, feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist, flower child, hippie, hippy, hipster, freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel, activist, militant, non-resistant, passive resister, preservationist, utopian, anthony comstock, comstock, dix, dorothea dix, dorothea lynde dix, hus, huss, jan hus, john huss, owen, robert owen, girolamo savonarola, savonarola, francis everett townsend, townsend, john wilkes, wilkes
Derived forms verb reform1, verb reform5, verb reform2, noun reformism1, adjective reformist1
Adjective reformist has 1 sense
- reformist(s = adj.all) progressive, reform-minded - favoring or promoting reform (often by government action); Array Derived form noun reformist1
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