Both Uses of
ameliorate
in
Do You Speak American?
- Preston sees another amelioration of attitudes to the South based on a kind of romanticizing: "There's this popular urge among Americans: they don't want to sound stuffy.†
Chpt 4
- To the extent that amelioration is happening, it's quite a contrast with the prejudice of two generations ago.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(ameliorate) to improve -- especially a bad situation