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Antireform vs Counterreform - What's the difference?

antireform | counterreform |

As an adjective antireform

is opposing reform.

As a noun counterreform is

opposition to reform.

antireform

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (politics) Opposing reform
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=October 5, author=Ben Joravsky, title=Annals of school reform: the security guard snafu, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=It was top-down, antireform politics. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1994, author=United States Central Intelligence Agency, title=1994 CIA World Factbook, chapter=Russia, edition= citation
    • , passage=Russia made good progress on privatization in 1993 despite active opposition from key cabinet members, hard-line legislators, and antireform regional leaders. }}

    counterreform

    English

    Noun

  • Opposition to reform.

    • Derived terms

    * counterreformer