reformist
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·form·ist /rɪˈfɔːmɪst $ -ɔːr-/ adjective PPPwanting to change systems or situations, especially in politics 〔尤指政治上〕改革主义的 the reformist wing of the party 党内的改革派 —reformist noun [countable]Examples from the Corpus
reformist• Deng, who had been urging Kim for years to follow his reformist example, encouraged him anew.• Hardliners in the judiciary then began to jail reformist journalists.• Against this background, the muzzling of 16 reformist newspapers can only be seen as an assault on popular sovereignty.• The amicable resolution suggested the reformist president and hard-line parliament may be trying to break their cycle of confrontation and deadlock.• Father Georgi Kochetkov is a reformist priest who, after being excommunicated in 1997, has been received back into the church.• Intellectuals, persecuted horribly under Mao, came back as advisers to the reformist rulers.• But the deeper imprint of the central authority, and the harsher side to its reformist zeal, left scars.re·form·ist adjectiveChineseSyllable
wanting in politics systems situations, Corpus to especially or change
reformist
re‧form‧ist /rɪˈfɔːməst, rɪˈfɔːmɪst $ -ɔːr-/
adjective
the reformist wing of the party
—reformist noun [countable]
re‧form‧ist /rɪˈfɔːməst, rɪˈfɔːmɪst $ -ɔːr-/
adjective Word Family: noun: form, formation, transformation, reformer, reform, reformation, reformist, transformer, formlessness; verb: form, reform, transform; adjective: reformed, reformist, formless; adverb: formlessly
wanting to change systems or situations, especially in politics: —reformist noun [countable]