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reformist

A reformist is a person who speaks or hopes for reforms of society or of a group.

reformist

(= reformer) a disputant who advocates reform (= progressive) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

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The Reformist Revolution has been put down by Chinese intervention.
You tell the great reformist that's the cost of doing business.
Tretiak predicted that the civil unrest engulfing Russia. will only worsen, unless Reformist President Karpov. can overcome the heating-oil shortage. that has already killed scores of Russians.
Like, for example, that dirty reformist Peppino Torrenuova.
A reformist knows that if you bang your head against a wall it's your head that'll break.
A reformist want to change the world through common sense.without cutting off any heads.
Either Czechoslovakia would have turned into an ordinary - liberal capitalist state - or at a certain point which was usually the fate of - reformist communists, the communist in power - would be obliged to set a certain limit.
Darnell Valois was a reformist.
She's a reformist.
Respect Reverend Huber before your reformist stance.
It's good for his career good and it shows he's a reformist, it shows he won't tolerate violence towards prisoners.
Well, I have a thorough working knowledge of revolutionary theory and I'm happy to dispel any reformist illusions which blind workers to the chariot of capitalism.
Martinez is a reformist, churchgoing citizen.
Darnell Valois was a reformist. A champion of the common folk.
The new opportunist leaders, for example, the dirty reformist Peppino Torrenuova, are not conducive to a real battle against the mafia.

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Mousavi ran as a reformist who said he would strive for greater freedom of the press, more rights for women, and fewer restrictions on the private lives of Iranians.
Thus, we will be able to advance a reformist agenda only if we have a convincing narrative that explains why we need Europe and why it serves the interests of current and future generations.
The liberal, democratic reformist movement among Arabs is here to stay.
For Jews, given the absence of a homeland, development occurred among the diaspora, with civil emancipation in Europe giving rise to reformist movements aimed at reconciling faith and modernity.
Intolerance and fundamentalism form one choice for Muslims, but Islam has always had to contend with the question of secularism and the need for religious tolerance, as is evident from the ongoing reformist ferment in theocratic Iran.
The Muslim reformist tradition - the search for an authentic path that links Islam's traditions to the modern world - has deep roots, stretching back to the middle of the 19th century.
Instead, Syria's rulers are offering inducements to ensure that key constituencies remain in line - laptops for teachers, subsidies for public-sector workers, and empty reformist rhetoric.
Russians are not surprised at the poor showing of the so-called reformist forces, the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) and the liberal Yabloko party.
In the Czech Republic, a reformist government was elected in 2006, and in Hungary, political divisions rather than reform fatigue dominates electoral campaigns.
That same month, Hungary reelected Gyurcsany, who had pursued a supposedly reformist program, but also oversaw a massive accumulation of public debt.
The international left has opted for a reformist course, including, where necessary, coalition governments with centrist partners.
The reformist option fully accepts the internationalization of today's market economy.
The challenge is not how to destroy Islamic movements, but how to turn them away from revolutionary to reformist politics by granting them legitimate political space.
The reformist parliament elected in December 1999 in tandem with President Vladimir Putin's reformist administration lowered tax rates, overhauled the judicial system, legislated private ownership of land, and adopted new banking laws.
But, while this was reflected in reformist trends in the country's wider political life, a movement toward militant fundamentalism took shape within the regime's power structure.
For example, Hu has decided to honor the memory of his mentor, former General Secretary Hu Yaobang, in order to burnish his aura as a reformist.
With a reformist regime in La Paz, it is difficult not to expect tensions with the Bush administration.
A few months before the election, neither of the two main political currents, conservative and reformist, has settled on its candidate.
Among the reformists now in the race, Mehdi Karrobi, the former speaker of the Majlis is a declared reformist candidate.
Reformist critics believe that in order to mobilize people it will not be enough just to campaign against Ahmadinejad.
Iran has tried two political approaches in the last ten years: a reformist model, under President Mohamed Khatami, and hardline radicalism, under Ahmadinejad. Both approaches failed.
Although their options were limited, many of them had enough confidence that the reformist candidate would not only get elected, but also make life a little better.
Hardly anyone predicted the reformist Mohammed Khatami's resounding presidential victory in 1997, and even fewer foresaw hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's victory in 2005.
This year, hundreds of reformist candidates were disqualified.
Ironically, in 2003 the reformist parliament passed legislation aimed at limiting the power of the Guardian Council, which predictably rejected it.

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