Progressist vs Reformist - What's the difference?
progressist | reformist |
One who makes or supports progress; a progressionist.
* 1849 , Charlotte Brontë, Shirley :
Advocating reform of an institution or body.
* 1913
Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
One who advocates reform (of an institution).
Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
A member of a reformed religious denomination.
As nouns the difference between progressist and reformist
is that progressist is one who makes or supports progress; a progressionist while reformist is one who advocates reform (of an institution).As an adjective reformist is
advocating reform of an institution or body.progressist
English
Noun
(en noun)- Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thoroughgoing progressist, the man most abominated.
References
*reformist
English
(Reformism)Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.