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meliorism

/meel-yuh-riz-uhm, mee-lee-uh-/US // ˈmil yəˌrɪz əm, ˈmi li ə- //UK // (ˈmiːlɪəˌrɪzəm) //

浪漫主义,浪漫主義

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimprovement

Examples

  • As an inevitable result of all the influences that constitute his world he finds himself yearning for meliorism as the crownpiece.

  • So he becomes the eloquent apostle of meliorism, proclaiming his gospel without abatement.

  • Meliorism,—the desire to better the conditions of life for themselves and for their children—animated them.

  • Meliorism, the theory that there is in nature a tendency to better and better development.

  • Be they false or be they true, the meaning of them is this meliorism.