betterment
noun
the act or process of bettering; improvement.
self-betterment
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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
That’s why I’m asking you to share — completely anonymously — some of your biggest New Year’s resolution regrets, your laughable lapses in self-betterment and your epic failures on follow-through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 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 Samuel P. Orth
