reformist

Examples

• All

• Anne and Cromwell's shared reformist views make them indomitable allies.

  The Game of Crowns: The Tudors (2023)

• However, the liberal press is showing a tendency to support reformist ideas instead of supporting Yeltsin personally.

  Academic text (1993)

• It's essential to a reformist agenda.

  Robinson Erhardt

• Hungary had already taken many steps toward the market under the reformist communist regime.

  Academic text (1991)

• From the beginning, the combination of behavioral political science and liberal reformist politics has been clear and unmistakable.

  Academic text (1995)

• The election also bolstered Lee Teng-hui's position and that of his reformist agenda within the KMT.

  Academic text (1992)

• In the aftermath of these difficulties, former reformist and radical intellectuals repent of their earlier enthusiasm.

  Academic text (1994)

• The oligarchic power structure inhibited reformist policies but also enhanced macroeconomic stability.

  Academic text (1993)

• Galvanized by Ahmadinejad's excesses, this pragmatist-reformist alliance made gains in the 2007 city council and Assembly of Experts elections.

  Academic text (2008)

• The moderates' views were rooted in the reformist Islam of Abdelhamid Benbadis and Bachir El-Ibrahimi.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

P

progressive

vsreformist

251 4.8

Supporting new social changes in politics to make society fairer

is narrower and focuses mainly on changing laws and government policy

R

reform-minded

vsreformist

5 5.0

Supporting changes to government and laws

is focused on changing laws and official government policies

P

progressivist

vsreformist

1 7.6

Supporting new social or political ideas and changes

is more about changing laws and government policies than broad ideas

R

reformatory

vsreformist

1 7.4

That tries to change someone's behavior to make it better

is concerned with changing laws and public policy rather than personal correction

N

nonconservative

vsreformist

7.2

Supporting political change and new social policies

is about promoting legal and policy change rather than merely opposing tradition

R

reformative

vsreformist

6.8

Helping to make people or systems better by fixing problems

focuses specifically on changing laws and government policies rather than internal fixes

Antonyms

C

conservative

∞ 4.6

Does not want big changes and likes traditional values

How Reformist

revolutionary

143 4.9

radical

79 6.3

reformist

12 6.5

moderate

85 4.6

conservative

∞ 4.6

reactionary

8 8.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology