Dictionary Definition
melioration
Noun
1 the act of relieving ills and changing for the
better [syn: amelioration, betterment]
2 a condition superior to an earlier condition;
"the new school represents a great improvement" [syn: improvement] [ant: decline]
3 the linguistic process in which over a period
of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated
in meaning
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- An improvement, betterment or amelioration
- The process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time
Translations
improvement
- Croatian: melioracija
process in which a term gains a more positive
connotation over time
- Croatian: melioracija
Extensive Definition
Amelioration may refer to one of the following.
- Amelioration (health) means "to make better" or "to improve upon" most often in context of or in reference to ill health of a person but could also be in reference to healing the land, plant, tree, etc.
- Land amelioration (land improvement)
- Amelioration (semantic) is a form of semantic change, the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression.