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ameliorism

ameliorism is the alternative form of meliorism.

Meaning of meliorism

Noun

meliorism (countable and uncountable, plural meliorisms)

  1. The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism).
    • At the convention, the official mood was traditional Methodist meliorism.1966 May 6, “Forever Beginning”, in Time

Questions about ameliorism

What is ameliorism the alternative form of?
Ameliorism is the alternative form of meliorism.

Words near ameliorism in the dictionary

  1. ameliorative waste
  2. amelioratives
  3. ameliorator
  4. ameliorators
  5. amelioratory
  6. ameliorism
  7. ameliorist
  8. amelioristic
  9. ameliorists
  10. ameliorize
  11. ameliorized

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