> On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 11:27:29 -0400 Santo Domingo <ibancorp@tricom.net>
> writes:
>
> >KMOwrites,
> >
> >
> >
> ><snip> I enjoy a melieoristic faith.....
> >
> >A what now? There's a word I've not seen before.
>
> I just tried to look it up in my dictionary, and appearently I inventeded
> it. I meant it to mean "characterized by meliorism."
>
> Meliorism n. [Latin 'melior', better, and '-ism'.]
>
> 1. the belief that the world naturally tends to get better and,
> especially, that it can be made better by by human effort.
> 2. the betterment of society by improving people's health, living
> conditions, etc.
>
> Sorry about that. -KMO
Was that dictionary the Oxford? [The 30-volume monstrosity. Border's,
in the Kansas City, Kansas, area, sells it. Compressed versions are
only 3 volumes, but are sold with the mandatory magnifying glass, since
they use the type labeled 26 on near-sight testing eyecharts.]
Once I know "meliorism" is a word, I don't think you invented "melioristic".
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