Meliorist

Synonyms for "meliorist" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
reformerreformistadvocate of reformbeliever in progress

Strong matches (6)

Related words (9)

Noun(5 words)
pragmaticprogress optimistprogressiveprogressive reformersocial reformer

Related word relations

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More general

12 entries
activistadvocacy stanceadvocatebelievercontroversialistdisputanteristicideological stancemethodological stancephilosophical positionpolicy orientationresearch orientation

More specific

11 entries
economic melioristeducation reformereducational melioristexperimental melioristhealth reformerlabor reformerpilot melioristpolicy reformerpolitical melioristsocial melioristsocial reformer

Collocations

8 entries
ethical meliorismmeliorist doctrinemeliorist outlookmeliorist perspectivemeliorist philosophymeliorist stancemeliorist theorysocial reform meliorism

Inflections

3 entries
melioristsmore melioristmost meliorist

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"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?".

Source: wiktionary

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