meliorismn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːlɪərɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmiljəˌrɪzəm/,

/ˈmiliəˌrɪzəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melior , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin melior better (see meliorate v.) + -ism suffix, after meliorist n. and adj.

The doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; a policy embodying this doctrine.Frequently contrasted with optimism or pessimism, and expressing the belief that the world is neither the best nor the worst of all possible worlds (cf. optimism n. 1, pessimism n. 3), but may be improved. As used by some writers, the term implies further the belief that society has on the whole a prevailing tendency towards improvement.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [noun] > meliorism and its adherents

ameliorist1810

meliorist1846

meliorism1877

ameliorism1922

1877 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 19 Jan. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) III. 301 The only good reason for referring to the ‘source’ [of the word ‘meliorist’] would be, that you found it useful for the doctrine of meliorism to cite one unfashionable confessor of it in the face of fashionable extremes.

1877 J. Sully Pessimism 399 Our line of reasoning provides us..with a practical conception..which, to use a term for which I am indebted to..George Eliot, may be appropriately styled Meliorism. By this I would understand the faith which affirms not merely our power of lessening evil—this nobody questions—but also our ability to increase the amount of positive good.

1883 L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. II. 468 Meliorism..may be defined as humanitarianism minus all sentiment... It implies the improvement of the social condition through cold calculation, through the adoption of indirect means. It is not content merely to alleviate present suffering, it aims to create conditions under which no suffering can exist.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 91 The idea of a universal evolution lends itself to a doctrine of general meliorism and progress.

1975 H. Bloom Map of Misreading i. 23 Both poems explicitly reject any vision of hope, and are set against the Shelleyan rational meliorism of Prometheus Unbound.

1985 W. Sheed Frank & Maisie v. 102 Its role was almost like the meliorism of the New Deal: Sheed and Ward led its public exactly as far out of the Dark Ages as the powers that be felt it was safe to go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meliorism
释义	meliorismn. Brit. /ˈmiːlɪərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmiljəˌrɪzəm/, /ˈmiliəˌrɪzəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melior , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin melior better (see meliorate v.) + -ism suffix, after meliorist n. and adj. The doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; a policy embodying this doctrine.Frequently contrasted with optimism or pessimism, and expressing the belief that the world is neither the best nor the worst of all possible worlds (cf. optimism n. 1, pessimism n. 3), but may be improved. As used by some writers, the term implies further the belief that society has on the whole a prevailing tendency towards improvement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [noun] > meliorism and its adherents ameliorist1810 meliorist1846 meliorism1877 ameliorism1922 1877 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 19 Jan. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) III. 301 The only good reason for referring to the ‘source’ [of the word ‘meliorist’] would be, that you found it useful for the doctrine of meliorism to cite one unfashionable confessor of it in the face of fashionable extremes. 1877 J. Sully Pessimism 399 Our line of reasoning provides us..with a practical conception..which, to use a term for which I am indebted to..George Eliot, may be appropriately styled Meliorism. By this I would understand the faith which affirms not merely our power of lessening evil—this nobody questions—but also our ability to increase the amount of positive good. 1883 L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. II. 468 Meliorism..may be defined as humanitarianism minus all sentiment... It implies the improvement of the social condition through cold calculation, through the adoption of indirect means. It is not content merely to alleviate present suffering, it aims to create conditions under which no suffering can exist. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 91 The idea of a universal evolution lends itself to a doctrine of general meliorism and progress. 1975 H. Bloom Map of Misreading i. 23 Both poems explicitly reject any vision of hope, and are set against the Shelleyan rational meliorism of Prometheus Unbound. 1985 W. Sheed Frank & Maisie v. 102 Its role was almost like the meliorism of the New Deal: Sheed and Ward led its public exactly as far out of the Dark Ages as the powers that be felt it was safe to go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877
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