↩️ Opposing reforms ↩️ An action against reforms ↩️ To reverse changes

counter-reform

7.2

Opposing reforms to bring back older rules

adjective
/ˈkaʊntər rɪˈfɔrm/

: contrarreforma

The new administration introduced several counter-reform policies to reverse recent changes in education.

Examples

Many citizens protested the counter-reform agenda that aimed to restore outdated regulations.
Analysts debated whether the counter-reform measures would undo years of progress.
The government proposed a counter-reform to the previous policy.
Many citizens opposed the counter-reform initiated by the new administration.
The new administration introduced several counter-reform policies to reverse recent changes in education.
Many citizens protested the counter-reform agenda that aimed to restore outdated regulations.
Analysts debated whether the counter-reform measures would undo years of progress.

Antonyms

to reform

228 3.7

Make changes to a system, law, or organization to improve it

How Reversing

reactionary

8 8.6

counter-reform

7.2

conservative

306 4.4

Surface Forms

counter-reform positive

Morphology

counter-reform = reform (transparent) = counter + reform

The productive prefix 'counter-' meaning 'against' combines directly with 'reform' to create an adjective denoting opposition to reforms, which is easily inferable.

Etymology

Counter-reform comes from counter ('against') and reform (from re- 'again' + form 'to make'), so a counter-reform policy is one that goes against recent changes and tries to bring back older ways.