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- [meel-yuh-rey-shuh n, mee-lee-uh-]
- /ˌmil yəˈreɪ ʃən, ˌmi li ə-/
- /miːljəˈreɪʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [meel-yuh-rey-shuh n, mee-lee-uh-]
- /ˌmil yəˈreɪ ʃən, ˌmi li ə-/
Definitions of melioration word
- noun melioration Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2). 1
- noun melioration amelioration. 1
- noun melioration (archaic) An improvement, betterment or amelioration. 1
- noun melioration the act or an instance of improving or the state of being improved 0
- noun melioration a meliorating or being meliorated; improvement 0
- noun melioration the process by which the meaning or connotation of a word becomes more positive 0
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Origin of melioration
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
1620-30; < Late Latin meliōrātiōn- (stem of meliōrātiō), equivalent to meliōrāt(us) (see meliorate) + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Melioration
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
melioration popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
melioration usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for melioration
noun melioration
- amendment — An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
Antonyms for melioration
noun melioration
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
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