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Definition of "meliorist" []

  • A proponent of meliorism (noun)
  • Of or relating to meliorism. (adjective)
  • Supporting the principles of meliorism. (adjective)

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Use "meliorist" in a sentence
  • "No question but the novelist would have welcomed as a convincing proof of her 'meliorist' doctrine the progress made in her own homeland in the century since her birth."
  • "But while her virtue and courage are not open to question, her judgment is, and points to the limits of a meliorist approach to evil."
  • "Capitalism and collapse: contradictions of Jared Diamond's market meliorist strategy to save the humans [A book review from: Ecological Economics] by R. Smith"