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meliorism

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

meliorism

/ ˈmiːlɪəˌrɪzəm /

1855–60; < Latin melior better + -ism

C19: from Latin melior better

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.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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