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Word For The Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014 – meliorism
dictionaries ad nauseam | 29 May 2014 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 05/29/2014 4:52:58 AM PDT by secret garden

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

meliorism \MEEL-yuh-riz-uhm, MEE-lee-uh- \ , noun
The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.

Example sentences:
For a life worthy to be lived is one that is full of active aspiration, for something higher and better; andsuch a contemplation of the world we call meliorism .
-- Paul Carus, Monism and Meliorism , 1885

The leaders rejected the soft meliorism of more secular activists, the idea that significant progresscould be made through consciousness-raising and education campaigns, through consensus andgradual reform.
-- David Brooks, "The Ideas Behind the March," The New York Times , 2013

Etymology:
Meliorism entered English in the late 1800s. It comes from the Latin word melior meaning "better."

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

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To: secret garden
sorry, here is the link.
41 posted on 05/29/2014 8:58:02 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: mikrofon

Amen, brother. A for you. We’re ruining everything but more government and higher taxes can fix it.


42 posted on 05/29/2014 9:01:09 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy
“ludicrous … uninspiring … disturbing”
Hey, that's what we say about obama all the time. A+ for you!
43 posted on 05/29/2014 9:03:09 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I don’t think I know of that one.


44 posted on 05/29/2014 9:19:32 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
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To: secret garden

If Obama thinks of meliorism,
It would have to be selective-
Somehow it would have to fit
With all his gloomy invective

Many cadets at West Point
Looked bored at his speech
And not at all respectful of
The stuff he tried to preach

Carter had more charisma,
And that is saying a lot
He’d served, and held a job-
Obama certainly has not...

Midget girl got up on the chair the minute I got home from an estimate, and is asleep against me, just like she is any time I’m at the computer-or sitting down reading, watching TV, or in bed asleep-where she is joined by Titus. I’ve never had a cat so insistent on touching a human-I suppose it is because she is such a little ‘fraidy cat, remembering when she was alone in the woods, and wants someone to protect her.


45 posted on 05/29/2014 10:21:56 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Our cat likes to be in the same room with us. Not on us unless it’s cold and then it’s just to absorb some body heat. A+ for you.


46 posted on 05/29/2014 10:34:58 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Titus and Yeti boy both have long, thick fur-they want to be in the same room and close-but not on, unless it is cold-Midget is a typical short-haired tabby-she likely prefers being warm more than they do...


47 posted on 05/29/2014 10:52:17 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: secret garden

As many as 40 members of my volunteer fire department have given up on meliorism. They are leaving the department for greener pastures after last night’s department elections. God help us. Just took a look at FB and wow. The animosity and infighting has spread to the whole community. Staggering.


48 posted on 05/29/2014 11:28:03 AM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: secret garden
Looks like Scout Willis thinks the world will be better with her walking topless in NYCity. Her own brand of meliorism, I guess. You have to look around to find the pics, but they are censored...so have at it.
49 posted on 05/29/2014 11:44:25 AM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: tioga

If you have 40+ members, that is a pretty big squad.


50 posted on 05/29/2014 11:44:43 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: tioga

That’s not really my thing, but enjoy. A+ for you.


51 posted on 05/29/2014 11:50:58 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

There’s 40 on the EMS side of the house, none of them are involved. This is 40 who are strictly firefighters.


52 posted on 05/29/2014 11:52:07 AM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: secret garden

Oh, I was thinking of the guys in class being curious. Usually, it’ the ugly ones going topless, but not this time. LOL


53 posted on 05/29/2014 11:53:15 AM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: tioga

And thank you for it. For the record, her skirt is way under-rated there....


54 posted on 05/29/2014 11:55:08 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: tioga

That is a lot of people-what precipitated such a thing, if I may ask-and how did the whole community get involved in taking sides?

I do not do farcebook, because it is a lot of public squabbling-what you just described, and things that probably need to be private...


55 posted on 05/29/2014 12:22:14 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

A year or so ago we had a fireman die in a fire, the state came in and fined us for workplace violations. The old school guys do not want to change, the ones leaving do. It’s a battle that has been going on for years. I actually side with the guys going. At some point, your own safety comes first when volunteering. The fight has been ongoing for over 20 years, so it’s time to give up and leave. I have little respect for any of those fighting the changes, ie the ones staying. I am still there, but I am on the EMS side of the house. It doesn’t impact me directly.


56 posted on 05/29/2014 1:39:42 PM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: tioga

I should say “cited us” not fined us.


57 posted on 05/29/2014 1:46:57 PM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: xsmommy

We just had a NYstate trooper killed in the line of duty this afternoon. Happened on 81, the same route you take through Binghamton to get to SU.


58 posted on 05/29/2014 1:50:39 PM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: tioga

Murdered or killed in an accident? Where exactly was it?


59 posted on 05/29/2014 2:13:49 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tioga

How can employees vote to continue to violate regs/code? Who permits a force to continue to violate safety codes? Who is the governing body? I mean I realize they are volunteers but there must be oversight?


60 posted on 05/29/2014 2:16:35 PM PDT by xsmommy
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