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antireform |
combined form of reform. |
apostle |
a leader or prominent advocate of a religion or reform movement. [1/3 definitions] |
counterreform |
combined form of reform. |
Fabian Society |
an organization established by English socialists in 1884 whose objective was to spread socialism through gradual reform. |
irreclaimable |
impossible to reclaim, redeem, or reform. |
left wing |
a faction of a political party or other group that advocates liberal reform or radical, revolutionary change, esp. in the social, political, or economic order. (Cf. right wing.) |
popular front |
a political coalition of various leftist and centrist parties struggling against fascism and promoting social reform. |
prefix |
a word part with its own meaning that is added to the beginning of a word to make a new word that has a different meaning. "Re-" in "reform" is a prefix. |
progressive |
favoring social or political progress or reform; liberal. [2/8 definitions] |
reclaim |
to reform; rehabilitate. [1/6 definitions] |
reformable |
combined form of reform. |
reformatory |
intended to improve or reform. [2 definitions] |
reformer |
a person who works to bring about reform or improvement; reformist. [1/2 definitions] |
reformist |
a person supporting or advocating reform. [2 definitions] |
regenerate |
to cause a spiritual or moral reform in. [1/7 definitions] |
speak out |
to publicly state one's opinion or reveal something previously hidden, usually with the intent of bringing about justice or reform. |
Theodore Roosevelt |
the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909), who had earlier fought in the Spanish American War in a cavalry regiment of his own formation called the Rough Riders. As president, Roosevelt worked to reform big business, show America's power to the world, create the Panama Canal, and to protect much of America's wilderness (b.1858--d.1919). |
Young Turk |
(sometimes l.c.) a usu. young person who aggressively seeks reform within an established organization, esp. an insurgent in a political party. |
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