meliorism

名词 meliorism:

1. the belief that the world can be made better by human effort

mel.io.rism

n.（名词）
The belief that society has an innate tendency toward improvement and that this tendency may be furthered through conscious human effort.
社会向善论：认为社会具有变得更好的内在倾向和人类有力量促使其改善的信仰或学说

来源：
Latin melior [better] * see mel- 2
拉丁语 melior [更好] *参见 mel- 2
-ism
-ism

【引伸】
mel.iorist
n.（名词）
mel.ioris.tic
adj.（形容词）