reformist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

THE NEO-MARXIAN REFORMISTS 473 2. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
[An able negotiator, who, though protected by the Guises, and strongly supporting them, was yet very far from persecuting the Reformists. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
But----Please don't think I'm unsympathetic if I ask one question: Will the teachers in the hygienic new building go on informing the children that Persia is a yellow spot on the map, and 'Caesar' the title of a book of grammatical puzzles?” VIII Vida was indignant; Carol was apologetic; they talked for another hour, the eternal Mary and Martha--an immoralist Mary and a reformist Martha. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis

reformer, crusader, social reformer, meliorist

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