reformist

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English

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Etymology

From reform +‎ -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.

Adjective

reformist (comparative more reformist, superlative most reformist)

  1. (politics) Advocating reform of an institution or body.
    • 1913, Émile Faguet, translated by Sir Home Gordon, Initiation into Literature:
      [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
  2. Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.

Antonyms

Translations

advocating reform of an institution or body

Noun

reformist (plural reformists)

  1. One who advocates reform (of an institution).
  2. Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
  3. (dated, 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
  4. (dated, 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
  5. (religious) A member of a reformed religious denomination.

Translations

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:reformist. (entry for reformist in the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition)

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • Hélyot, Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux, Paris, Migne, 1850

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réformiste.

Noun

reformist m (plural reformiști)

  1. reformist

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative reformist reformistul reformiști reformiștii
genitive-dative reformist reformistului reformiști reformiștilor
vocative reformistule reformiștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From rèfōrma +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /refǒrmist/
  • Hyphenation: re‧fo‧rmist

Noun

refòrmist m (Cyrillic spelling рефо̀рмист)

  1. reformer

Declension

Declension of reformist
singular plural
nominative reformist reformisti
genitive reformista reformista
dative reformistu reformistima
accusative reformista reformiste
vocative reformiste reformisti
locative reformistu reformistima
instrumental reformistom reformistima

References

  • “reformist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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