Melioration Definition & Meaning
melioration
- noun
- the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
- a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"
- the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
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- What does melioration mean?
- the act of relieving ills and changing for the better a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
- What part of speech is melioration?
- Melioration is a noun.
- How many definitions does melioration have?
- Melioration has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).