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# Melioristic mooing
A phrase used by Will Self in his [review](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130032433/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/09/hatchet-job-mark-kermode-review) of Mark's book [Hatchet Job](Hatchet_Job) that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".
A phrase used by Will Self in his [review](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130032433/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/09/hatchet-job-mark-kermode-review) of Mark's book [Hatchet Job](Hatchet_Job) that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".
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3/21/2025, 4:15:08 PM
# Melioristic mooing
A phrase used by Will Self in his [review](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130032433/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/09/hatchet-job-mark-kermode-review) of Mark's book [Hatchet Job](Hatchet_Job) that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".
A phrase used by Will Self in his [review](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130032433/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/09/hatchet-job-mark-kermode-review) of Mark's book [Hatchet Job](Hatchet_Job) that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".
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Melioristic mooing
A phrase used by Will Self in his review of Mark's book Hatchet Job that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".
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Melioristic mooing
A phrase used by Will Self in his review of Mark's book Hatchet Job that left Mark more than a little perplexed as to its exact meaning until he looked up the definition of melioristic - "The doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort".