English Explanatory Dictionary

meliorist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proponent of meliorism
adj
  1. Of or relating to meliorism.
  2. Supporting the principles of meliorism.

Word forms

meliorist meliorists more meliorist most meliorist

Etymology

From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.

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