Origin of reform
SYNONYMS FOR reform
ANTONYMS FOR reform
OTHER WORDS FROM reform
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH reform
re-form reformWords nearby reform
Example sentences from the Web for anti-reform
To crown all, he went to the 'hustings'—a hardened anti-Reform Billite.
Abbotsford |AnonymousSurely we have as much right to support and vote for an anti-reform candidate, as we had to sign a petition praying for reform.
There have been two nights of debate, and as yet all the speaking has been one way, all on the anti-Reform side.
The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume II (of II) |Charles Cavendish Fulke GrevilleThe anti-reform party was believed to have gained the ascendant.
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2 |Edward Tyas Cook
British Dictionary definitions for anti-reform
reform
/ (rɪˈfɔːm) /
verb
(tr)
to improve (an existing institution, law, practice, etc) by alteration or correction of abuses
to give up or cause to give up a reprehensible habit or immoral way of life
chem
to change the molecular structure of (a hydrocarbon) to make it suitable for use as petrol by heat, pressure, and the action of catalysts
noun
an improvement or change for the better, esp as a result of correction of legal or political abuses or malpractices
a principle, campaign, or measure aimed at achieving such change
improvement of morals or behaviour, esp by giving up some vice
Derived forms of reform
reformable, adjective reformative, adjective reformer, nounWord Origin for reform
C14: via Old French from Latin
reformāre to form again