reformist

noun

Definition of reformistnext
as in proponent

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  1. proponent
  2. apostle
  3. advocate
  4. promoter
  5. champion
  6. reformer
  7. supporter
  8. exponent
Noun
  • Sports Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games Dec. 21, 2024 Klatt is a proponent of starting the college football season a week earlier, with the Army-Navy game as the kickoff event.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, Asche is a big proponent of both for their ability to support the muscles through soreness while reducing inflammation and oxidative stress.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • The other day, The Athletic’s Duncan Alexander — an analytics apostle if ever there was one — got talking with a data denier in a pub.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Taken together, these apostles display impressive credentials.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of apostle
Noun
  • Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Over the past 25 years executives have become fervent advocates of learning, calling it an imperative, career insurance, and the only source of competitive advantage.
    Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Most notably, the election of Donald Trump as the 47th president means there will be a new National Labor Relations Board general counsel, whose current GC, Jennifer Abruzzo, is a strong advocate of D-I college athletes as employees and having the right to unionize.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of advocate
Noun
  • Fury’s legendary promoter, Frank Warren, seemed to take the announcement in stride.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This was just the latest in a series of moves—including elevating former Republican operative Joel Kaplan to chief global affairs officer and adding combat-sports promoter Dana White to Meta’s board—that seem to indicate the company is vying to get into the good graces of the new administration.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • The comeback album featured Jon Bon Jovi, Fantasia, Sting, Sheila E., Mariah Carey, and one of Moore’s biggest musical champions, Bruce Springsteen.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Dan has long been a vital voice in The Baltimore Sun and a fierce champion of our city and state.
    Trif Alatzas, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of champion
Noun
  • The wellness facility was expansive, with tennis, pickleball, basketball, and Pilates reformers.
    Maria Diego, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of industry insiders cutting sweetheart deals with their former colleagues before returning to the private sector to claim their reward, the HHS will be led by a crusading reformer who has repeatedly shone a harsh spotlight on some of the health care industry's most questionable practices.
    Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of reformer
Noun
  • An intelligence bulletin from the New York Police Department obtained by ABC News indicated that ISIS supporters did celebrate the attack online.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Online, foreign terror organizations and supporter groups had released multiple videos calling for violence during the winter holidays, specifically New Year's celebrations, the bulletin said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • Hussain was considered the most recognizable exponent of tabla, a pair of hand drums that’s the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The special relationship was never quite as special as its most passionate exponents liked to maintain.
    Peter Martin, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
Definition of exponent
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