meliorism noun. ['mi:lɪǝrɪz(ǝ)m] L19.
[from Latin melior better + -ISM.]
The doctrine that the world may be made significantly better by rightly-directed human effort.

■ meliorist noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent of meliorism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to meliorists or meliorism: M19.

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