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reformism

🇬🇧 UK/ri'fɒ:mizm/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The belief in or practice of achieving social or political change through gradual reform rather than revolution

改良主义,改革主义

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
formform, shape, appearance
+
ismdoctrine, belief, practice
=reformism

Common Collocations

  • 1.democratic reformism民主改良主义
  • 2.[gradual reformism]渐进式改良主义
  • 3.socialist reformism社会主义改良主义
  • 4.embrace reformism奉行改良主义

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Reformism advocates changing unjust systems from within rather than overthrowing them entirely.

  • 2.

    Critics argued that reformism was too slow to address the urgent needs of the poor.

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