reformism
- n a doctrine of reform
- Intense in their Catholicism and militant in their reformism, "the little professors" grew into what is now called the "Democratic Initiative.
- As they talked, Carter was attracted by Mondale's deep concern for social issues, a set of beliefs that reflect the hardy strain of populism and reformism that grew up in America .
- Last week "reformism," a freshly coined label on Lisbon's political scene, got its turn.