reformation 音标拼音: [r
, ɛfɚm'eʃən]
n . 改革,改善,改良
改革,改善,改良
reformation n 1 :
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 2 :
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches [
synonym : {
Reformation },
{
Protestant Reformation }]
3 :
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course ; "
the reclamation of delinquent children " [
synonym : {
reclamation },
{
reformation }]
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The act of forming anew ;
a second forming in order ;
as ,
the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square .
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1913 Webster ]
Reformation \
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1 .
The act of reforming ,
or the state of being reformed ;
change from worse to better ;
correction or amendment of life ,
manners ,
or of anything vicious or corrupt ;
as ,
the reformation of manners ;
reformation of the age ;
reformation of abuses .
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1913 Webster ]
Satire lashes vice into reformation . --
Dryden .
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2 .
Specifically (
Eccl .
Hist .),
the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century ,
which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Reform ;
amendment ;
correction ;
rectification .
Usage : {
Reformation }, {
Reform }.
Reformation is a more thorough and comprehensive change than reform .
It is applied to subjects that are more important ,
and results in changes which are more lasting .
A reformation involves ,
and is followed by ,
many particular reforms . "
The pagan converts mention this great reformation of those who had been the greatest sinners ,
with that sudden and surprising change which the Christian religion made in the lives of the most profligate ." --
Addison . "
A variety of schemes ,
founded in visionary and impracticable ideas of reform ,
were suddenly produced ." --
Pitt .
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1913 Webster ]
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "
reformation ":
Fabianism ,
abject apology ,
about -
face ,
accommodation ,
adaptation ,
adjustment ,
adoption ,
alteration ,
amelioration ,
amendment ,
apology ,
apostasy ,
betterment ,
break ,
change ,
change of allegiance ,
change of heart ,
change of mind ,
changeableness ,
circumcision ,
constructive change ,
continuity ,
conversion ,
deathbed repentance ,
defection ,
degeneration ,
degenerative change ,
deterioration ,
deviation ,
difference ,
discontinuity ,
divergence ,
diversification ,
diversion ,
diversity ,
extremism ,
fitting ,
flip -
flop ,
gradual change ,
gradualism ,
heartfelt apology ,
improvement ,
instauration ,
mea culpa ,
melioration ,
meliorism ,
mitigation ,
modification ,
modulation ,
new birth ,
new life ,
overthrow ,
penance ,
penitence ,
progressivism ,
qualification ,
radical change ,
radical reform ,
radicalism ,
re -
creation ,
reactivation ,
realignment ,
rebirth ,
reclamation ,
reconstitution ,
reconversion ,
recrudescence ,
redeemedness ,
redemption ,
redesign ,
redintegration ,
reenactment ,
reestablishment ,
reform ,
reformism ,
regeneration ,
rehabilitation ,
reinstatement ,
reinstation ,
reinstitution ,
reinvestiture ,
reinvestment ,
remaking ,
renascence ,
renewal ,
repentance ,
replacement ,
reshaping ,
restitution ,
restoration ,
restructuring ,
reversal ,
reversion ,
revisionism ,
revival ,
revivification ,
revolution ,
saeta ,
salvation ,
second birth ,
shift ,
spiritual purification ,
sudden change ,
switch ,
total change ,
transformation ,
transition ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
upheaval ,
utopianism ,
variation ,
variety ,
violent change ,
wearing a hairshirt ,
worsening
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