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meliorism

[ meel-yuh-riz-uhm, mee-lee-uh- ]

noun

  1. the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.


meliorism

/ ˈmiːlɪəˌrɪzəm /

noun

  1. the notion that the world can be improved by human effort
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌmelioˈristic, adjective
  • ˈmeliorist, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From

  • melio·rist noun adjective
  • melio·ristic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meliorism1

1855–60; < Latin melior better + -ism
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meliorism1

C19: from Latin melior better
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Example Sentences

As an inevitable result of all the influences that constitute his world he finds himself yearning for meliorism as the crownpiece.

So he becomes the eloquent apostle of meliorism, proclaiming his gospel without abatement.

Meliorism,—the desire to better the conditions of life for themselves and for their children—animated them.

Meliorism, the theory that there is in nature a tendency to better and better development.

Be they false or be they true, the meaning of them is this meliorism.

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