Reform
Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which ...
is beneficial change.
Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to:
Media
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''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
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Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
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''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
Places
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Reform, Alabama
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Reform, Mississippi
Reform is an unincorporated community located in Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, along Mississippi Highway 15 and is approximately south of Mathiston.
History
Reform was first established in 1887 and is located on the former Gulf, ...
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Reform, Missouri
Reform is an unincorporated community in southeastern Callaway County, Missouri, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Routes CC and O approximately six miles north of Steedman and the Missouri River
The Missour ...
Religion
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Religious reform
A religious reform (from Latin ''re-'': "back, again", and ''formare'': "to form"; i.e. put together: "to restore, reconstruct, rebuild") aims at the reform of religious teachings. It is not to be confused with an organizational reform of a religi ...
, the process of reforming teachings within a religious community
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Reform (Anglican), an evangelical organisation within Anglicanism
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Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish religious movements, Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its Jewish ethics, ethical aspects to its ceremo ...
, a denomination of Judaism
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Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyterian ...
or Calvinism, a Protestant branch of Christianity
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"Reformed" (''Steven Universe''), an episode of ''Steven Universe''
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Catalytic reforming
Catalytic reforming is a chemical process used to convert petroleum naphtha, naphthas from crude oil into liquid products called reformates, which are premium "blending stocks" for high-octane gasoline. The process converts low-octane linear hydr ...
, a chemical process in oil refining
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Reforming Movement
The Reformist Movement (, MR) was a French centrist political alliance created in 1971 by the Radical Party (PR) led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, and the Christian-democratic Democratic Centre (CD) headed by Jean Lecanuet.
The first conv ...
, a French centrist political group created in 1972
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Steam reforming
Steam reforming or steam methane reforming (SMR) is a method for producing syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) by reaction of hydrocarbons with water. Commonly, natural gas is the feedstock. The main purpose of this technology is often hydrogen ...
, catalytic oxidation to produce hydrogen from hydrocarbons
Other
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Reform (horse) (1964–1983), a Thoroughbred racehorse
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Reform (think tank)
The Re:State Trust is a think tank, formerly ''Reform Research Trust'', which publishes its own research and also publishes papers from external authors. It was founded by Nick Herbert (later a Conservative MP) and Andrew Haldenby.
The trus ...
, a British think tank
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Reform Act
The Reform Acts (or Reform Bills, before they were passed) are legislation enacted in the United Kingdom in the 19th and 20th century to enfranchise new groups of voters and to redistribute seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the U ...
, a series of 19th- and 20th-century UK voting reforms
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Reform Club (disambiguation) The Reform Club is a private members club.
Reform Club may also refer to:
Japanese political parties
*Japan Renaissance Party (, ), founded 2008, predecessor of the New Renaissance Party
The was a minor political party in Japan.
History
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Reform Movement (disambiguation) A reform movement is a type of social movement.
Reform Movement may also refer to:
* Reform Movement (Belgium), a political party
* Reform Movement (France), a political party
* Reform Movement (Guatemala), a political party
* Reform Movement (Ire ...
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Reform Party (disambiguation) The Reform Party can refer to a number of current and disbanded political parties of various ideologies.
North America
Canada
*Reform Party of Canada, a major political party in Canada from 1987 until 2000 when it became the Canadian Alliance
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La Reforma
In History of Mexico, the history of Mexico, (from Spanish language, Spanish: "The Reform"), or reform laws, refers to a pivotal set of laws, including a Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857, new constitution, that were ...
'' or The Liberal Reform, a period in 19th-century Mexico when the modern nation state was born
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Non-reformist reform
Non-reformist reform, also referred to as abolitionist reform, anti-capitalist reform, revolutionary reform, structural reform and transformative reform, is a reform that "is conceived, not in terms of what is possible within the framework of a gi ...
, a term identifying reforms which are transformative
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Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, reduce recidivism or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are ...
, reform of the prison system
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The Reform Institute The Reform Institute was an American non-partisan, not-for-profit think tank based in Alexandria, Virginia, that described itself as centrist oriented. The major policy areas the institute focused on are energy and environmental policy, homeland and ...
, defunct American think tank
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Reforma (disambiguation)
Reforma, the Spanish word meaning reform, has the following meanings:
Companies and organizations
* ''Reforma'' (newspaper), a daily published in Mexico City
:* Grupo Reforma, parent company of the newspaper
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Reformation (disambiguation)
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation, was the 16th century schism within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others
Reformation may also refer to:
Religious movements
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Reformasi (disambiguation) Reformasi is both a Malay and Indonesian word for ''reform'' or ''reformation''. It may refer to the:
*Reformasi (Indonesia)
The Post-Suharto era () is the contemporary history in Indonesia, which began with fall of Suharto, the resignation of ...
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Reforme (disambiguation) Reforme may refer to:
* Reforme (Romanian newspaper) (), the 1903 name of Românul de la Pind, published in Bucharest
* '' La Réforme'', (), a 19th-century French newspaper, based in Paris
See also
* Reform (disambiguation)
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Reformer (disambiguation)
A reformer is someone who works for reform.
Reformer may also refer to:
* Catalytic reformer, in an oil refinery
*Methane reformer, producing hydrogen
* Steam reformer
* Hydrogen reformer, extracting hydrogen
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Reformism
Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.
Within the socialist movement, ref ...
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Wesleyan Reform Union
The Wesleyan Reform Union is an independent Methodist Connexion founded in 1859 and based in the United Kingdom. The Union comprises around one hundred individual self-governing churches in England and Scotland. Beliefs are set out in a nine-p ...
, an independent group of Methodists in the United Kingdom
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