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Definition of reformist:

(n) : one who advocates reform in the Church; a Reformer. (Common in 17th c.); an advocate or supporter of political reform. (Common c 1792 to 1830.)
"1641: News from Hell, etc. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 393 The subtle practices of some parliamentary reformists."
(adj) : advocating political reform
"1849: Edgar Allan Poe, "Marginalia" Part XVI in Southern Literary Messenger, July 1849 - The modern reformist Philosophy which annihilates the individual by way of aiding the mass"
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Definition of reformist:

(n) : one who advocates reform in the Church; a Reformer. (Common in 17th c.); an advocate or supporter of political reform. (Common c 1792 to 1830.)
"1641: News from Hell, etc. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 393 The subtle practices of some parliamentary reformists."
(adj) : advocating political reform
"1849: Edgar Allan Poe, "Marginalia" Part XVI in Southern Literary Messenger, July 1849 - The modern reformist Philosophy which annihilates the individual by way of aiding the mass"

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