Reformist

Origin

reform + -ist. Originated around the end of the 16th century.

Full definition of reformist

Adjective

1. Advocating reform of an institution or body.
• 1913 Émile Faguet, Initiation into Literature translated by Sir... all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
2. Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.

Antonyms

• (advocating small changes) revolutionary

Noun

1. One who advocates reform (of an institution).
2. Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
3. (dated, 17th C.) An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
4. (dated, 18th century) An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
5. A member of a reformed religious denomination.

Anagrams

• firestorm, fire storm