meliorism
Meanings
noun
- The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism).
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Etymology
From Latin melior (“better”) + -ism. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.
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