reform movement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreformandmovement
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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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movement
noun
uk/ˈmuːv.mənt/us/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofreformandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreform movement
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This led to the emergence of areformmovement.
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Then he became a central figure in thereformmovementthat challenged corrupt union bosses.
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The victory was a highly significant moment in the penalreformmovement.
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The parliamentary context remains crucial in any explanation of the unity of thereformmovement.
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Some may have anticipated winning more votes by supporting thereformmovement.
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Most notably, they had not been active participants in thereformmovementbefore 1993.
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As a result, oil production declined, and funding for thereformmovementwas in doubt.
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The dominant factor explaining defections was participation in thereformmovement.
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The first challenge in any revolution orreformmovementlies in building consensus about the need for change.
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They thought that a duty on colonial corn was imperative in order to attract farmers to the tariffreformmovement.
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Not only did the administrativereformmovementpreempt increases in monitoring resources, it also cut into existent resources.
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The controversy surrounding forgery in the period 1818-21 had a galvanizing effect on the penalreformmovement.
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The legal hermeneutics of thereformmovementis intellectually less daring but, arguably, politically more courageous and socially more consequential.
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That is a strength of the electoralreformmovement.
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Anyway, thereformmovementin due course establishes itself.
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In a last attempt to move beyond the bureaucratic divisions thereformmovementsought new allies in state and city governments.
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The human relationsreformmovement, from which factory music sprang, was not simply about creating new techniques of power to increase efficiency and profits.
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I argue that the war gave birth to a concertedreformmovementwhich succeeded in bringing about fundamental changes to health care policy.
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Each time reformers have been crushed, however, thereformmovementhas regrouped and the political debate has resurfaced after a period of legislative dormancy.
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How far has he isolated, to his own cost, the more balanced democraticreformmovement?
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I have been a member and vice-president of the electoralreformmovementfor many years.
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We have been in the van of thereformmovement, and we shall remain there.
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He joinedreformmovementin the 1830s.
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The landreformmovementwas split.
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I would also stress that the guidelines presented by the rapporteur are part of a majorreformmovement.
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