meliorative

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meliorative

/ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/
/ˈmiːlɪəɹətɪv/
/ˈmiːljəɹətɪv/

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From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).

adjective

not comparable, rare That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary. We…become savage in our hatred to the various meliorative processes.

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@misc{meliorative_2026,
  title = {meliorative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meliorative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}