Word: meliorisms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
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Definition: Plural of meliorism; the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
Morphemes:
Affix: meliorism
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: melior
Language: la
Decoded: melior
Meaning: better
Affix: -ism
Language: en
Decoded: -ism
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).