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- noun Plural form of
counterreform .
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The indigenous groups, composing tens of thousands of people are marching to protest against the war, neoliberalism, the FTAA, and constitutional counterreforms planned by the government.
Boing Boing: September 12, 2004 - September 18, 2004 Archives 2004
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This began a series of Alexander's counterreforms designed to shore up the position of the gentry.
1881-87 2001
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These counterreforms included the establishment of land captains, gentry named by the minister of the interior to provide direct supervision of peasants (1889), and the creation of a distinct group for the gentry in the zemstvo system with increased representation (1890).
1881-87 2001
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