a movement in Judaism originating in the 19th century, which does not require strict observance of the law, but adapts the historical forms of Judaism to the contemporary world
Compare Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism
Reform Judaism in American English
noun
Judaism as observed by Reform Jews
Word origin
[1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, decompression, hormone, hydroplane, throwaway