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reformer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer |
| Type of | disputant, controversialist, eristic |
| Has types | birth-control reformer, chartist, abolitionist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, conservationist, civil rights activist, activist, birth-control campaigner, emancipationist, environmentalist, feminist, flower child, freedom fighter, hippie, hippy, hipster, insurgent, insurrectionist, libber, militant, non-resistant, passive resister, preservationist, prohibitionist, protester, rebel, utopian, women's liberationist, women's rightist, demonstrator, dry |
| Derivation | reform |
Examples of reformer
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The president used a fair chunk of his address to portray himself as a reformer.
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She won election as the mayor of her hometown by running as a maverick reformer.
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But the current Labour administration has been a particularly restless reformer.
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It threatens to dilute his brand as a straight-talking anti-Washington reformer.
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In 2006 and in 2008, the World Bank named Georgia the top reformer in the world.
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In Palin's speech, she portrayed herself as a reformer and a fighter for change.
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Cardinal Newman is seen by Catholics as a great spiritual thinker and reformer.
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He may look like a reformer, but he owes his job to the army from which he hails.
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Any sense of Bashar, now 46, as a reformer has long since disappeared, however.
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- A disputant who advocates reform
- An apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"
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- (Reformers) hope that by "totally rethinking the very structure of the education system," schools will be better prepared to meet the needs of all children and the communities in which they live (Education Commission of the States 1991).
- (Reforming) A chemical process in which hydrogen-containing fuels like natural gas react with steam, oxygen, or carbon dioxide to produce a hydrogen-rich gas stream.
- (Reforming) A chemical process that uses heat in presence of a catalyst to break down a substance into desired components; e.g., natural gas or light oils may be reformed into lower Btu fuel gas. Also used to describe the process of refining gasoline designed to burn with fewer emissions.
- (Reforming) A refining process whereby short chain molecules in certain crude distillation products are chemically recombined (reformed) by means of heat, pressure, and usually, catalytic reaction to form higher value long chain molecules.
- (Reforming) Refinery process aimed at improving gasoline quality by changing chemical characteristics rather than breaking up molecules, as in cracking.
- (Reforming) The mild thermal cracking of naphthas to obtain more volative products, such as olefins, of higher octane values; or catalytic conversion of naphtha components to produce higher octance aromatic compounds.
