anti-reformist
adjective
(alsoantireformist)uk/ˌæn.ti.rɪˈfɔː.mɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.rɪˈfɔːr.mɪst/opposedtochanginglawsandpoliciesinordertoimprovethem:
Thepartystillcontainsplenty ofold-fashionedanti-reformistpoliticians.
Headvancedconservative, antireformistpositions.
Synonym
anti-reform
- TheActswerepartof anti-reformistlegislationpassedby thegovernmentof thetime.
- Thattimesawtherisetoprominenceof an antireformisteconomist.
- The newleaderquicklyreadmitted antireformistlawmakerswho had beenexpelledfrom theparty.
- Asmallfaction,totallyanti-reformist,opposedthealliance.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- black bloc
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- leftist
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- Sinn Fein
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP
anti-reformist
noun[C]
(alsoantireformist)uk/ˌæn.ti.rɪˈfɔː.mɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪ.rɪˈfɔːr.mɪst/someone who isopposedtochanginglawsandpolicesinordertoimprovethem:
The Prime Minister, sheclaimed, is an anti-reformist.
Hetriedtoportrayhimself asengagedin a "civilwar" with antireformists.
- Reformists and antireformistsalikecriticizedthepolicy.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- black bloc
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- leftist
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- Sinn Fein
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP