Definition of meliorist Meliorist
mel•io•rist
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What does meliorist mean?
WordNet
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| meliorist - a disputant who advocates reform | ||
| reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer | ||
| controversialist, disputant, eristic a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | ||
| abolitionist, emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | ||
| birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning | ||
| chartist a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities | ||
| civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups | ||
| protester, demonstrator someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | ||
| dry, prohibitionist a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages | ||
| conservationist, environmentalist someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | ||
| feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist a supporter of feminism | ||
| flower child, hippie, hippy, hipster someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | ||
| freedom fighter, insurrectionist, insurgent, rebel a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | ||
| activist, militant a militant reformer | ||
| non-resistant, passive resister a reformer who believes in passive resistance | ||
| preservationist someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas | ||
| utopian an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man" | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- meliorist, noun, singular of meliorists.
