social reform

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandreform

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɔːm/
us
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofsocialandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsocial reform

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He is crucially interested insocialreform.
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A connection was also made between protection andsocialreform.
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It concludes with some reflections onsocialreform.
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They emphasized a perpetual pursuit of personal andsocialreform.
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It fails to demonstrate how identity constrains paths tosocialreform.
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He was not closely aligned with either the labor movement or with professionalsocialreformassociations.
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This was essential to the success ofsocialreformduring the 1920s.
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One of the main problems on the way tosocialreformis limited knowledge itself.
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In 1944, many local authorities had highly motivated architects' departments committed tosocialreform.
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The division thus performed a key role in his propagation ofsocialreform.
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His interest insocialreform, however, drew sporadic attention from the authorities.
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Nevertheless, the devolution from "socialreform" to "advocacy" may be rather precipitous.
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Schemes ofsocialreform, social medicine, and hygiene were offered as remedies.
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It is a definite object ofsocialreform, if the more material side ofsocialreform.
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This helps to explain the raft ofsocialreformand other concessions introduced after democratization in both countries.
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It is, of course, true thatsocialreformwas not necessarily incompatible with the defence of property.
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In the aftermath of the war, then,socialreformtook on the nature of a veritable crusade.
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These suggest that voters in general are less predisposed in favour of radicalsocialreformthan activists.
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Maternalists differed in their gender, backgrounds, and aims, pursuingsocialreformfor either humanitarian or nationalist purposes.
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Traditional studies of urbansocialreformnow appear much less frequently than they did in the 1970s.
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The debate over the popularity or otherwise of statesocialreformhas been inhibited by the lack of contemporary sources.
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Even in the fields ofsocialreformwhere it was most likely to operate 'purely', it was not always present.
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After all, many of the beneficiaries of statesocialreformdid not acquire the vote until 1918.
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This insight leads naturally to the last chapter (12) of the book - about planned centralization andsocialreform.
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These parties articulated demands for political inclusion and radicalsocialreform, which were initially highly threatening to elites.
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