Associations to the word «Meliorism»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

MELIORISM, noun. The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism). [from 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

MELIORISM, noun. The belief that the world can be made better by human effort.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza