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meliorist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
me-lior-ist
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proponent of meliorism

adj

Of or relating to meliorism.

adj

Supporting the principles of meliorism.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

meliorists (plural) more meliorist (comparative) most meliorist (superlative)

Synonyms

reformer reformist crusader social reformer

Questions

What does meliorist mean?
A proponent of meliorism
Where does meliorist come from?
From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.

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