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bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" (同)reclaim, regenerate, rectify
change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" (同)straighten out, see the light
break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
produce by cracking; "reform gas"
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkards reform"
the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" (同)reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup
an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government; "after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization"; "the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws"
improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs
changing an arrangement
put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room"
overthrow by a revolution, of governments
change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" (同)revolutionise, overturn
fill with revolutionary ideas (同)revolutionise, inspire
an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"
a disputant who advocates reform (同)reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell (同)theory of preformation
a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
unaffected by the Reformation
a doctrine of reform
caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard"

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…‘を'編成し直す,再び作る / 再編成する,再び形になる
〈政治・制度など〉‘を'『改善する』,改革する / 〈人〉‘を'『改心させる』 / 改心する / (政治・制度などの)改善,改革
(政治・制度などの)改善,改正,改革《+『of』+『名』》 / 改心 / 《the 『R-』》宗教改革(16‐17世紀に全ヨーロッパに起こったCatholic Churchに対する改革運動;この結果として新教(Protestant churches)が生まれた)
再整理,再配列
(以前とは別の様式で)…‘を'整理し直す,配列し直す
(政治・制度などの)改革者,改善者

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For other uses, see Reform (disambiguation).

Reform means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.^[1] The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 1700’s and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill’s Association movement which identified “Parliamentary Reform” as its primary aim. ^[2]

Reform is generally distinguished from revolution. The latter means basic or radical change; whereas reform may be no more than fine tuning, or at most redressing serious wrongs without altering the fundamentals of the system. Reform seeks to improve the system as it stands, never to overthrow it wholesale. Radicals on the other hand, seek to improve the system, but try to overthrow whether it be the government or a group of people themselves.

Rotation in office or term limits would, by contrast, be more revolutionary, in altering basic political connections between incumbents and constituents.^[3]

Developing countries may carry out a wide range of reforms to improve their living standards, often with support from international financial institutions and aid agencies. This can include reforms to macroeconomic policy, the civil service, and public financial management.

Re-form[edit]

A note about spelling: when used to describe something which is physically formed again, such as re-casting it in a mold/mould, or a band that gets back together, the proper term is re-form (with a hyphen), not "reform".

References[edit]

^ dictionary definition http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t
^ Reform in English Public Life: the fortunes of a word. Joanna Innes 2003
^ On term limits reform see, U.S. Term Limits. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, for example, Robert Struble, Jr., Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution, 2007-08 edition.

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