Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to induce reform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Forming again; having the property of renewing form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That serves to
reform orcorrect
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to reform
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Examples
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Sinha is what could be called a reformative businessman because he feels business is the answer to major social problems.
Article Source 2009
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Are you suggesting reformative liberalization as a solution?
Equality and the Liberal Democrats… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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In a number of core areas, Making Prisons Work tackles the symptoms rather than the causes of these barriers that have long suffocated reformative efforts.
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In a number of core areas, Making Prisons Work tackles the symptoms rather than the causes of these barriers that have long suffocated reformative efforts.
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Since hardliners disagree with the reformative interpretation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, they are able to use the Blasphemy Law to justify attacks against them.
Harris Zafar: Indonesia - Land of Tolerance or Terror? Harris Zafar 2011
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Full privatization of air-traffic management is as potentially attractive, reformative and natural as has been proved in dozens of other sectors.
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Since hardliners disagree with the reformative interpretation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, they are able to use the Blasphemy Law to justify attacks against them.
Harris Zafar: Indonesia - Land of Tolerance or Terror? Harris Zafar 2011
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It's far more politically tailored to the immediate outrage since January and intentionally forgoes pushing larger, more reformative measures.
Citizens United Response To Be Very Limited, Will More Meaningful Reforms Follow? 2010
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It's far more politically tailored to the immediate outrage since January and intentionally forgoes pushing larger, more reformative measures.
DISCLOSE Act: What The NRA Exemption Means For The Integrity Of The Citizens United Fix (Update) 2010
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Perhaps as part of his restitution, Gilbert Arenas -- like Michael Vick and other athletes before him -- could become part of that reformative process.
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