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perfectible

perfectible adjective: able to be perfected; capable of perfection.

Adjective

perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)

  1. Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
    • "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of perfectible

comparativemore perfectible
superlativemost perfectible

Origin of perfectible

From perfect + -ible.

Words formed from perfectible

Questions about perfectible

What does perfectible mean?
Perfectible means able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
What part of speech is perfectible?
Perfectible is an adjective.

Words near perfectible in the dictionary

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

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