Meliorism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meliorism \Mel"io*rism\, n. [From L. melior better.]
     The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature
     toward improvement. --J. Sully.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  meliorism
       n : the belief that the world can be made better by human effort