Meliorative

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending or serving to make better; that tends toward betterment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That meliorates; curative, salutary.
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  • adjective. tending to ameliorate
  • Word Usage
    "Calling them special interests sounds pejorative, and independent group sounds meliorative."
    Equivalent
    bettering