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Meliorist

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to meliorism.
  2. 2
    Supporting the principles of meliorism.
Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of meliorism

    ""Who knows but that such age-old customs, rooted in dark, immemorial country lore and probably of pagan origin, may not put shallow urban meliorists out of countenance?"."

  2. 2
    a disputant who advocates reform wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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