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Reformist vs Rebel - What's the difference?

reformist | rebel |

As nouns the difference between reformist and rebel

is that reformist is one who advocates reform (of an institution) while rebel is a person who resists an established authority, often violently.

As an adjective reformist

is advocating reform of an institution or body.

As a verb rebel is

to resist or become defiant toward an authority.

reformist

English

(Reformism)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Advocating reform of an institution or body.
  • * 1913
  • [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
  • Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
  • Antonyms

    * (advocating small changes ) revolutionary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • References

    * * Hélyot, Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux , Paris, Migne, 1850

    Quotations

    * (seeCites) (entry for reformist in the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition)

    Anagrams

    *

    rebel

    English

    (wikipedia rebel)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rebelle, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rebeller, from (etyl) . See also (l).

    Verb

    (rebell)
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
  • Synonyms
    * defy
    Antonyms
    * obey * submit