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perfectibility

perfectibility noun: the possibility of achieving perfection.

Noun

perfectibility (countable and uncountable, plural perfectibilities)

  1. The possibility of achieving perfection.
    • In a project involving many people, maintainability is a more useful asset than perfectibility.
    • Thus it was that I beheld, as never before, the awful unreality called evil. The equipollence of God brought to light another glorious proposition, — man’s perfectibility and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth.1906, Mary Baker Eddy, “Chapter VI — Science, Theology, Medicine”, in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Science_and_Health_with_Key_to_the_Scriptures_(...
  2. Perfectionism.

Forms of perfectibility

pluralperfectibilities

Origin of perfectibility

From perfect + -ibility.

Words formed from perfectibility

Questions about perfectibility

What does perfectibility mean?
Perfectibility means the possibility of achieving perfection.
What part of speech is perfectibility?
Perfectibility is a noun.
What is the plural of perfectibility?
The plural of perfectibility is perfectibilities.

Words near perfectibility in the dictionary

  1. perfectibilist
  2. perfectibilists
  3. perfectibilitarian
  4. perfectibilitarians
  5. perfectibilities
  6. perfectibility
  7. perfectible
  8. perfecting
  9. perfecting press
  10. perfecting presses
  11. perfectings

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