Usually means: Belief in the world's improvability.
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  1. melioristic: Merriam-Webster
  2. melioristic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. melioristic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. melioristic: Wordnik
  5. melioristic: Wiktionary
  6. melioristic: Dictionary.com
  7. melioristic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. melioristic: Wordcraft Dictionary

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adjective:  Of or related to meliorism, the belief that the world can be made better through human efforts.

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