reformist
English Thesaurus
1. a disputant who advocates reform (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | chartist, |
| definition | : | a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | demonstrator, protester, |
| definition | : | someone who participates in a public display of group feeling (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | dry, prohibitionist, |
| definition | : | a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | flower child, hippie, hippy, hipster, |
| definition | : | someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | preservationist, |
| definition | : | someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | utopian, |
| definition | : | an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anthony comstock, comstock, |
| definition | : | United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dix, dorothea dix, dorothea lynde dix, |
| definition | : | United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hus, huss, jan hus, john huss, |
| definition | : | Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | owen, robert owen, |
| definition | : | Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | girolamo savonarola, savonarola, |
| definition | : | Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | francis everett townsend, townsend, |
| definition | : | United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john wilkes, wilkes, |
| definition | : | English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797) (noun.person) |
2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| similar | : | liberal, |
| definition | : | tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition (adj.all) |
3. a disputant who advocates reform (noun.person)
| derivation | : | meliorism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the world can be made better by human effort (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | reformism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine of reform (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | reform, |
| definition | : | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | reform, |
| definition | : | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate, |
| definition | : | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push, |
| definition | : | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for (verb.social) |
4. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
5. a disputant who advocates reform (noun.person)
| derivation | : | meliorism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the world can be made better by human effort (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | reformism, |
| definition | : | a doctrine of reform (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | reform, |
| definition | : | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | reform, |
| definition | : | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate, |
| definition | : | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push, |
| definition | : | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for (verb.social) |
6. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | liberal, liberalist, progressive, |
| definition | : | a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties (noun.person) |
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