reformism

British  

/ rɪˈfɔːmɪzəm /

noun

1. a doctrine or movement advocating reform, esp political or religious reform, rather than abolition

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Other Word Forms

• reformist noun

Example Sentences

It has demonstrated over the centuries a deep faith in human betterment through liberal reformism and social engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

New York Times book critic John Leonard called it “a particularly disturbing combination of fiction, reportage and allegory” in which “the social reformism of Mr. Myrdal’s parents was reviled.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020

To many intellectuals and terrorists, there was no room for weak-kneed reformism; it was revolution or nothing.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

But the president of Tunisia has also become the leading figure of reformism in the Arab world by advocating equal inheritance rights for Muslim women and their right to marry non-Muslim foreigners.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2017

Mr. Berger's maiden speech also summed up excellently the general policy of Socialist "reformism."

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by Walling, William English