Fallibility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fæləˈbɪləti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fallibility is a noun meaning The state of being prone to error.
Meaning
The state of being prone to error.
More Meanings
- (countable) An error-generating characteristic.
Example Sentences
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.
...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.
Word Forms
- fallibilities
Antonyms for fallibility
Common opposites include infallibility.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fallibleness, fragility, flawedness, faultiness, errability, infallibleness.
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