reformable
/ri'fɔ:məbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being reformed or improved: Describes a person, system, or situation that has flaws or has done wrong but possesses the inherent quality or potential to be corrected, amended, or made better.
- Open to positive change: Implies that the subject is not fixed in a negative state and is susceptible to rehabilitation, correction, or moral improvement.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The judge believed the young offender was reformable and sentenced him to a rehabilitation program instead of prison.
- While the policy has flaws, experts agree the system is reformable with the right amendments.
- She held an optimistic view that most people are reformable given proper guidance and support.
Advanced Usage
- In a theological or moral context: Often used to describe a person who can be redeemed from sin or error.
- The concept of a reformable soul is central to many rehabilitative justice systems.
- Institutional or systemic context: Applied to organizations, laws, or structures that can be overhauled.
- The committee's report concluded that the tax code was complex but ultimately reformable.
Variants and Related Words
- Reform (verb/noun): To make changes to improve something; the act or process of improving by change.
- The government plans to reform the healthcare system.
- Reformation (noun): The action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
- The Reformation was a major religious movement in the 16th century.
- Reformer (noun): A person who advocates or works for reform.
- She was a noted social reformer.
Synonyms
- Correctable: Able to be corrected.
- Improvable: Capable of being made better.
- Redeemable: Capable of being saved from error or evil.
- Rectifiable: Able to be put right.
Antonyms
- Incorrigible: Not able to be corrected or reformed.
- Irreformable: Not susceptible to reform.
- Hopeless: Having no possibility of improvement.
Adjective
- susceptible to improvement or reform
- a redeemable sinner