noun
- a person who believes that the world can be made better by human effort
Usage: philosophical term
Examples
- As a meliorist, she dedicated her life to social reform.
- The meliorist argued that education could solve society’s problems.
- His meliorist philosophy drove him to volunteer at local charities.
- The politician’s meliorist vision inspired many young activists.
- She remained a meliorist despite witnessing many setbacks.
- The meliorist believed that gradual progress was always possible.