reform movement

English Thesaurus

1. a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms (noun.group)

hypernym	:	front, movement, social movement,
definition	:	a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals (noun.group)

hyponym	:	age of reason, enlightenment,
definition	:	a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine (noun.group)

hyponym	:	labor, labor movement, trade union movement,
definition	:	an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement (noun.group)