meliorism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmiːlɪəɹɪz(ə)m/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism). countable,uncountable
    — At the convention, the official mood was traditional Methodist meliorism.

词形变化

meliorisms plural

词源

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