amelioristn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈmiːlɪərɪst/, U.S.

/əˈmiljərəst/,

/əˈmiliərəst/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ameliorate v., -ist suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < amelior- (in ameliorate v.) + -ist suffix. Compare later meliorist n., and (with use as adjective) earlier meliorist adj. Compare also (although in different sense) earlier ameliorator n.

A. n.

An adherent or advocate of the doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; = meliorist n. Cf. ameliorism n.

ΘΚΠ

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

ameliorist1810

meliorist1846

meliorism1877

ameliorism1922

1810 Monthly Repository Sept. 436/1 Some of our ameliorists even go so far as to suppose..that wickedness of every species will be expelled at the command of sovereign wisdom.

1894 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 22 Sept. 382/1 It is no more than just that every philanthropist, altruist, and ameliorist be the model he is clamoring for some one else to be.

1950 N. Cardus Second Innings 109 The guiding spirit was Charles Rowley, a complete example of nineteenth-century ameliorist, one of the Morris school.

2002 M. Konner in S. G. Post et al. Altruism & Altruistic Love xii. 203 Most twenty-first century Westerners are ameliorists and believe that human behavior is easily modifiable.

B. adj.

Adhering to or advocating the doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; (also) characteristic of this doctrine; = meliorist adj. Cf. ameliorism n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [adjective] > relating to particular philosophers or doctrines

Leibnizian1765

Wolfian1843

Wolfio-Leibnitzian1877

meliorist1884

melioristic1888

ameliorist1930

1930 D. Allen Fight for Peace ix. 164 Instead of being merely ameliorist in character the early trade union movement was often militantly reformist.

1983 Listener 7 July 5/1 That label covered the earlier Sheffield tradition from which he came, with its ameliorist thrust acquired in the hard times before the war.

2000 Classical Philol. 95 225 He contrasts the ameliorist Socrates of the Apology and Crito with the more radical antidemocratic Socrates of the Republic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ameliorist
释义	amelioristn.adj. Brit. /əˈmiːlɪərɪst/, U.S. /əˈmiljərəst/, /əˈmiliərəst/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ameliorate v., -ist suffix. Etymology: Apparently < amelior- (in ameliorate v.) + -ist suffix. Compare later meliorist n., and (with use as adjective) earlier meliorist adj. Compare also (although in different sense) earlier ameliorator n. A. n. An adherent or advocate of the doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; = meliorist n. Cf. ameliorism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [noun] > meliorism and its adherents ameliorist1810 meliorist1846 meliorism1877 ameliorism1922 1810 Monthly Repository Sept. 436/1 Some of our ameliorists even go so far as to suppose..that wickedness of every species will be expelled at the command of sovereign wisdom. 1894 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 22 Sept. 382/1 It is no more than just that every philanthropist, altruist, and ameliorist be the model he is clamoring for some one else to be. 1950 N. Cardus Second Innings 109 The guiding spirit was Charles Rowley, a complete example of nineteenth-century ameliorist, one of the Morris school. 2002 M. Konner in S. G. Post et al. Altruism & Altruistic Love xii. 203 Most twenty-first century Westerners are ameliorists and believe that human behavior is easily modifiable. B. adj. Adhering to or advocating the doctrine that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; (also) characteristic of this doctrine; = meliorist adj. Cf. ameliorism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of optimism > [adjective] > relating to particular philosophers or doctrines Leibnizian1765 Wolfian1843 Wolfio-Leibnitzian1877 meliorist1884 melioristic1888 ameliorist1930 1930 D. Allen Fight for Peace ix. 164 Instead of being merely ameliorist in character the early trade union movement was often militantly reformist. 1983 Listener 7 July 5/1 That label covered the earlier Sheffield tradition from which he came, with its ameliorist thrust acquired in the hard times before the war. 2000 Classical Philol. 95 225 He contrasts the ameliorist Socrates of the Apology and Crito with the more radical antidemocratic Socrates of the Republic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1810
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