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MELIORISM
Definition of MELIORISM
noun
The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin melior (“better”) + -ism. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELIORISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELIORISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIILMMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Words that start MELIOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MELIORISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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