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

to counter-reform

8.6

To oppose and undo earlier changes by bringing back old rules

verb
/ˈkaʊntər rɪˈfɔrm/

: contrarreformar

After the election, the party began to counter-reform many of the previous administration's policies.

Examples

The government decided to counter-reform the education system, bringing back older teaching methods.
Some leaders threatened to counter-reform the new environmental regulations to favor traditional industries.
The government plans to counter-reform the education system.
Why did they counter-reform the healthcare policies?
The new administration is making efforts to counter-reform the labor laws introduced last year.
In response to the public backlash, the mayor decided to counter-reform the newly implemented housing policies.
Activists are concerned that the current leadership will counter-reform the reforms aimed at improving public health.

Antonyms

to reform

228 3.7

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

How Reversing

to restore

219 3.5

to overturn

Formal

122 5.6

to counter-reform

8.6

to undo

102 2.6

to oppose

∞ 2.9

to resist

311 2.2

Surface Forms

counter-reform infinitive

counter-reformed past

counter-reformed past participle

counter-reforming present participle

counter-reforms third person singular

Morphology

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

The verb is formed by prefixing 'counter-' to the verb 'reform', yielding a verb meaning to oppose or reverse reforms; this is a regular, predictable formation.

Etymology

The verb counter-reform combines counter ('against') with reform (from re- 'again' + form 'to make'), so to counter-reform is to act against reforms and try to undo them, returning to previous policies.