English > meliorist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A disputant who advocates reform. |
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| Synonyms | reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer |
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| Instances | Comstock, Anthony Comstock | United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) |
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| Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix | United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill |
| Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus | Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation |
| Owen, Robert Owen | Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) |
| Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola | Italian religious and political reformer |
| Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend | United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government |
| Wilkes, John Wilkes | English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797) |
| Narrower | Chartist | A 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people |
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| Utopian | An idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer |
| abolitionist, emancipationist | A reformer who favors / favors abolishing slavery |
| birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer | A social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning |
| civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist | A leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
| demonstrator, protester | someone who participates in a public display of group feeling |
| dry, prohibitionist | A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages |
| environmentalist, conservationist | someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution |
| feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber | A supporter of feminism |
| hippie, hippy, hipster, flower child | someone who rejects the established culture |
| insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel | A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) |
| militant, activist | A militant reformer |
| non-resistant, passive resister | A reformer who believes in passive resistance |
| preservationist | someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas |
| Broader | disputant, controversialist, eristic | A person who disputes |
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| Spanish | cruzado, reformador, reformador social, reformista |
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| Catalan | reformador, reformador social, reformista |
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| Nouns | meliorism | the belief that the world can be made better by human effort |
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