amelioration
noun/əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.
- derived from amelioracion
- inherited from amelioracioun
Definitions
The act of making better.
- The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past!
An improvement.
The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
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An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
- pre-amelioration
- post-amelioration
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for amelioration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA