what does melioration mean?
MELIORATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
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Hypernyms(s) melioration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
Hypernyms(s) melioration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a condition superior to an earlier condition
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- the new school represents a great improvement
Hypernyms(s) melioration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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