counterreform
Pushback against change
Counterreform is action taken to oppose or reverse a reform, or a reform undertaken in response to another.
The term often appears in discussions of political movements that seek to undo progressive changes: The new administration's counterreforms targeted environmental regulations.
Historically associated with the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the response to Protestant reforms in the sixteenth century.
Strong negative reaction
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
intransigence · pushback · hardliner · diehard · obstructionist · revanchism · rigidity · fundamentalism
English river, male name
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
Ignatius · Index · heresy · doctrine · dogma · orthodoxy · piety · missionary
Return to prior condition
- repealAnnul a statute
- undoingCause of destruction
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- annulmentDeclared void from start
abrogation · rescission · nullification · retraction · overturning · invalidation · cancellation · withdrawal
Return to previous position
- revivalReturn after decline
- reestablishmentAct of founding anew
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
recovery · return · reconstitution · reimposition · renewal · reversion · resurgence · reassertion
backlash
Strong negative reaction
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
entrenchment · intransigence · pushback · hardliner · diehard · obstructionist · revanchism · rigidity · fundamentalism · opposition
Trent
English river, male name
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- CatholicPapal church adherent
Baroque · Ignatius · Index · heresy · doctrine · dogma · orthodoxy · piety · missionary · monasticism
rollback
Return to prior condition
- repealAnnul a statute
- undoingCause of destruction
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
annulment · abrogation · rescission · nullification · retraction · overturning · invalidation · cancellation · withdrawal · abolition
reinstatement
Return to previous position
- revivalReturn after decline
- reestablishmentAct of founding anew
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
reconstruction · recovery · return · reconstitution · reimposition · renewal · reversion · resurgence · reassertion
counterreformreform
Improve by correcting faults
progressive reform · reformation · liberalization · modernization · advancement
counterreformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
radical reform · transformation · upheaval · progressive movement · social reform
counterreformreformism
Gradual political change doctrine
progressivism · reform movement · liberalism · radicalism · revolutionary movement