melioristとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

meliorist (複数形 meliorists)

1. A proponent of meliorism
   • 2001, "The Peter Simple Column," Daily Telegraph, 17 August,

     "Who knows but that such age-old customs, rooted in dark, immemorial country lore and probably of pagan origin, may not put shallow urban meliorists out of countenance?".

形容詞

meliorist (comparative more meliorist, superlative most meliorist)

1. Of or relating to meliorism.
2. Supporting the principles of meliorism.

参照

• “meliorist” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "meliorist" at Rhymezone (Datamuse, 2006)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Meliorism" by Archie J. Bahm, page 195