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meliorism

/ˈmiː.li.ə.rɪ.zəm/

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noun

/ˈmiː.li.ə.rɪ.zəm/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее веру в то, что мир можно улучшить благодаря человеческим усилиям и вмешательству.

A noun referring to the belief that the world can be improved through human effort and intervention.

uncountable

  1. Belief in human progressC1formal

    The philosophical or ethical belief that the world can be improved through concerted human effort and reform.

    ruВера в человеческий прогресс

    • Meliorism motivates many social activists to work for a better future.
    • His optimism is not naive; it is rooted in a practical meliorism.
    • Meliorism contrasts with both pessimism and utopianism.
    • The concept of meliorism underpins many progressive movements in history.

    Antonymscynicismdefeatismpessimism

Forms
  • meliorisms plural form
  • meliorisms' possessive plural form
  • meliorism's possessive singular form