social reformer

Noun

Meaning

a disputant who advocates reform

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

crusader socialist reformer reformist philanthropist altruist meliorist

Hypernyms

eristic controversialist disputant

Hyponyms

chartist DRY rebel militant utopian insurgent

Examples

I'm not any kind of social reformer. Charles Kuralt

Jesus was not a social reformer of the modern type... he approached these facts purely from the moral, and not from the economic or historical point of view. Walter Rauschenbusch

He led a simple and disciplined public life and stood for social equality and women empowerment, founded Basava Samiti for spreading principles adopted by 12th Century social reformer Basaveshwara. Basappa Danappa Jatti

Men are seizing on Jesus as the exponent of their own social convictions. They all claim him. ...But in truth Jesus was not a social reformer of the modern type... he approached these facts purely from the moral, and not from the economic or historical point of view. Walter Rauschenbusch

Close letter words and terms

social rank social realism social recruiting social regulations social rejection social relation