Definitions
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- noun
Opposition toreform .
Etymologies
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counter- + reform
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Examples
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These campaigns all belong to a single strand of counterreform which emanates from one faction of the leadership that is obviously getting weaker as time goes on.
The Price China Has Paid: An Interview with Liu Binyan Gardels, Nathan 1989
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The municipal counterreform of 1892 dealt a severe political blow to Russian Jewry.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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