graduated vs reformist

graduated

adj
  • Having a university degree; having completed training. 

  • Arranged by grade, level, degree. 

  • Increasing in rate with the taxable base. 

  • Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle. 

  • Marked with graduations. 

reformist

adj
  • Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action. 

  • Advocating reform of an institution or body. 

noun
  • One who advocates reform (of an institution). 

  • Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action. 

  • A member of a reformed religious denomination. 

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