Synonyms and Antonyms of meliorist

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hypernym (meliorist IS A KIND OF .... relation)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF meliorist relation)

instance hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF meliorist relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • (noun.person)
    anthony comstock, comstock
    United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    dix, dorothea dix, dorothea lynde dix
    United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during more.. (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    hus, huss, jan hus, john huss
    Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) f more.. (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    owen, robert owen
    Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    girolamo savonarola, savonarola
    Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expel more.. (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    francis everett townsend, townsend
    United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1 more.. (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    john wilkes, wilkes
    English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797) (noun.person)
     

derivation (.... is derived from meliorist)

  • (noun.cognition)
    meliorism
    the belief that the world can be made better by human effort (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    reformism
    a doctrine of reform (noun.cognition)
     
  • (verb.change)
    reform
    make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate
    bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
    exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for (verb.social)
     
  • (adj.all)
    progressive, reform-minded, reformist
    favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) (adj.all)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym instance hyponym derivation crusader reformer reformist social reformer controversialist disputant eristic abolitionist emancipationist birth-control campaigner birth-control reformer chartist civil rights activist anthony comstock comstock dix dorothea dix hus huss meliorism reformism reform reclaim agitate campaign
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. crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer . controversialist, disputant, eristic . abolitionist, emancipationist . birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer . chartist . civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker . demonstrator, protester . dry, prohibitionist . conservationist, environmentalist . feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist . flower child, hippie, hippy, hipster . freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel . activist, militant . non-resistant, passive resister . preservationist . utopian . anthony comstock, comstock . dix, dorothea dix, dorothea lynde dix . hus, huss, jan hus, john huss . owen, robert owen . girolamo savonarola, savonarola . francis everett townsend, townsend . john wilkes, wilkes . meliorism . reformism . reform . reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate . agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push . progressive, reform-minded, reformist


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