ameliorative
/əˈmiːliəɹətɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.31 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to repair or ameliorate.
adj
Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
adj
Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
noun
A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
Example Sentences
- "One night while he was moaning on about his sorry existence I said: Do you really want to change it? Of course I do, he said, but nothing I’ve tried has been ameliorative."
- "[…]personal nicknames can generally be divided into positively marked (ameliorative) ones, usually given by family members and friends as a sign of affection and acceptance, and those negatively marked (pejorative or derogatory), whose aim is to mock or ridicule a person[…]"
- "ameliorative inquiry"
- "ameliorative analysis"
- "ameliorative project"
- "With such conventional Keynesian amelioratives, the economy normally recovers with output and employment on the rise, and, unfortunately, with inflation picking up too."
Etymology
Etymology tree English ameliorate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ameliorative From ameliorate + -ive.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈmiːliəɹətɪv/
- British English: /əˈmiːliəɹətɪv/
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Antonyms
pejorative
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