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fallibility

US/fæləˈbɪləti/

fallibility noun: the state of being prone to error.

Noun

fallibility (countable and uncountable, plural fallibilities)

  1. The state of being prone to error.
    • ...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness
  2. (countable) An error-generating characteristic.
    • Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter.2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times

fallibility meaning in Bengali

fallibility in Bengali

একটি ভুল উৎপাদনকারী বৈশিষ্ট্য

Antonyms of fallibility

Forms of fallibility

pluralfallibilities

Origin of fallibility

From fallible + -ity.

Questions about fallibility

What does fallibility mean?
Fallibility means the state of being prone to error.
What is fallibility in Bengali?
Fallibility in Bengali is একটি ভুল উৎপাদনকারী বৈশিষ্ট্য. See Fallibility meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fallibility?
Fallibility is a noun.
How do you pronounce fallibility?
Fallibility is pronounced /fæləˈbɪləti/ (US).
What is the plural of fallibility?
The plural of fallibility is fallibilities.

Words near fallibility in the dictionary

  1. fallibilist
  2. fallibilistic
  3. fallibilistically
  4. fallibilists
  5. fallibilities
  6. fallibility
  7. fallible
  8. fallibleness
  9. fallibly
  10. Fallin
  11. fallin'

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