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reformist | x |

As an adjective reformist

is advocating reform of an institution or body.

As a noun reformist

is one who advocates reform (of an institution).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----