Meliorist

Origin

From Latin melior ("better") and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.

Full definition of meliorist

Noun

1. A proponent of meliorism
• 2001, "The Peter Simple Column," Daily Telegraph, 17 August,"Who knows but that such age-old customs, rooted in dark, immemorial country lore and probably of pagan origin, may not put shallow urban meliorists out of countenance?".

Adjective

1. Of or relating to meliorism.
2. Supporting the principles of meliorism.