Значения термина general betterment на английском

And woman herself, in the general betterment of things, had improved, even in the direction you mention.

If you were going to condense into an admonition your plan for the general betterment of the race's condition, how would you word it?

This organic sensation of general betterment may again be a strictly mental occurrence without any objective reference to a real improvement in the bodily conditions.