# meliorist

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A proponent of meliorism

## Etymology
From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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