Reformist vs Rebel - What's the difference?
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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.
To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
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)- [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.