ameliorative

/AH0 M IY1 L Y ER0 EY0 T IH0 V/
adjective
  1. 1

    Able to repair or ameliorate.

  2. 2

    (linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.

  3. 3

    (philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.

noun
  1. 1

    That which betters or improves.

  2. 2

    (linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.