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perfectibilian

perfectibilian noun: a perfectionist.

Noun

perfectibilian (plural perfectibilians)

  1. (archaic) A perfectionist.
    • There is, nevertheless, a definite sense in which he [Karl Marx] remained both a rationalist and a perfectibilian to the end of his life.1996, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
    • The quartette in the mail coach consists of Mr. Foster, the perfectibilian[…]1875, “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock”, in The Edinburgh Review

Forms of perfectibilian

pluralperfectibilians

Questions about perfectibilian

What does perfectibilian mean?
Perfectibilian means a perfectionist.
What part of speech is perfectibilian?
Perfectibilian is a noun.
What is the plural of perfectibilian?
The plural of perfectibilian is perfectibilians.

Words near perfectibilian in the dictionary

  1. Perfecter of the Elect
  2. perfecters
  3. perfectest
  4. perfecteth
  5. perfecti
  6. perfectibilian
  7. perfectibilians
  8. perfectibilism
  9. perfectibilist
  10. perfectibilists
  11. perfectibilitarian

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