MELIORISM (MEEL-yuh-riz-uhm) dictionary The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort. Quotes: For a life worthy to be lived is one that is full of active aspiration, for something higher and better; and such a contemplation of the world we call meliorism. - Paul Carus , Monism and Meliorism, 1885 The leaders rejected the soft meliorism of more secular activists, the idea that significant progress could be made through consciousness-raising and education campaigns, through consensus and gradual reform. -- David Brooks , The Ideas Behind the March, The New York Times , 2013
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