self-betterment
- a word derived from betterment.
Example Sentences
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By reminding Americans they controlled their political fates, democracy also encouraged economic self-betterment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026
The feat of the Pyramids fit with the mind-set of the Masons, who employ masonry and construction as a metaphor for self-betterment.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023
So think of the 13 laughable lapses in self-betterment chronicled here less as confessions and more as a way of enthusiastically embracing that which makes us all human.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022
"Embedded within the achievements of American history are the tools of self-betterment and self-renewal that our country has always deployed on the journey to become a more perfect union," the letter continues.
From Fox News • Aug. 17, 2021
It is, secondly, a struggle for the self-betterment of the working classes; and it is, thirdly, a protest against certain conditions that the present organization of society imposes upon mankind.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.
