meliorist

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meliorist

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

noun meliorists

A proponent of meliorism "Who knows but that such age-old customs, rooted in dark, immemorial country lore and probably of pagan origin, may not put shallow urban meliorists out of countenance?".

adjective more meliorist · most meliorist

Of or relating to meliorism.
Supporting the principles of meliorism.

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@misc{meliorist_2026,
  title = {meliorist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meliorist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}