meliorist

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

a disputant who advocates reform
• Syn:
reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer
• Derivationally related forms:
meliorism, crusade (for: crusader), reformist (for: reformist), reformism (for: reformist), reform (for: reformist), reform (for: reformer)
• Hypernyms:
disputant, controversialist, eristic
• Hyponyms:
abolitionist, emancipationist, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, Chartist,
civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist, demonstrator, protester, dry,
prohibitionist, environmentalist, conservationist, feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist,
libber, hippie, hippy, hipster, flower child, insurgent,
insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel, militant, activist, non-resistant,
passive resister, preservationist, Utopian
• Instance Hyponyms:
Comstock, Anthony Comstock, Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix,
Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus, Owen, Robert Owen,
Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola, Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend, Wilkes, John Wilkes

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer