reformer
100
3.5
- noun
- /rɪˈfɔːrmər/
:
reformador
- Cycling's popularity in the 1880s and 1890s gave dress reformers new impetus to campaign for change in dress.
- a progressive reformer
- a social reformer
- an educational reformer
It is exactly what many reformers might have dreamed of.
- It is exactly what many reformers might have dreamed of.
- All of them would be reformers of this sort because they're all trying to change things.
- And galvanized by this, reformers in parliament are now investigating dubious contracts.
- Yeah, people saw reformers the best option there was.
- They don't know yet that the reformers and the enlightened people are just jerks like the rest of us.
Examples
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Gandhi the great social reformer was in prison when this was said.
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The reformer proposed new laws to improve conditions in the education system.
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And she was a wonderful reformer and a fantastic role model for women.
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He'll be a prison reformer in Denver in a year.
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We would be helping the reformers in these societies who are struggling for change.
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There's the social reformer that we've been waiting for.
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Struggles between conservatives and reformers have led to changes in party doctrine and governmental policies.
Academic text (1991) -
Maryland's and New York's experiences give reformers cause for optimism.
Academic text (2017) -
Abortion activists resemble the reformers who preceded them in American history in several ways.
Academic text (1991) -
Shankaradeva was an important social reformer, He believed you don't need a high caste Brahman priest to connect you with God.
Synonyms
542
2.5
A person who campaigns for political or social change
32
5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
6
6.1
A person who wants to change political or social systems
1
3.9
A person who works to change society to make it fairer
1
4.3
A person who works to make positive change in a community or organization
A person who believes people can make the world better by working for change
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who works to make birth control and family planning easier to get
How Reformist
48
5.8
79
6.3
100
3.5
85
4.6
306
4.4
8
8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reformer comes from the parts re- ('again') and form ('shape' or 'make'). So a reformer is a person who tries to 'shape again' a system or society to improve it.