birth-control reformer
- noun
- /bɜrθ kənˈtroʊl rɪˈfɔrmər/
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reformador del control de la natalidad
- Margaret Sanger was a prominent birth-control reformer in the early 20th century.
Examples
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Many birth-control reformers faced strong opposition from religious groups during the early twentieth century.
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Many birth-control reformers fought for women's rights in the 1960s.
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As a birth-control reformer, she worked tirelessly to improve access to family planning information.
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Margaret Sanger is often recognized as a pioneering birth-control reformer in the United States.
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As a birth-control reformer, she worked tirelessly to improve access to family planning information.
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Margaret Sanger is often recognized as a pioneering birth-control reformer in the United States.
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Many birth-control reformers faced strong opposition from religious groups during the early twentieth century.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who works to make society or its institutions better
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A person who wants to change political or social systems
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A person who works to change society to make it fairer
A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
birth-control + reformer
The phrase combines the transparent compound 'birth control' (contraception) with 'reformer' (someone working to change policy), so its meaning — a person advocating change or wider acceptance of birth control/family planning — is directly derivable from the parts. This noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Birth-control reformer comes from joining birth-control (ways to prevent pregnancy) and reformer (someone who wants change). Imagine a person handing out pamphlets and trying to open closed doors to change laws; that's why the phrase means 'someone who works to make birth control more available'.