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Infallibilism

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Infallibilism is a noun meaning A doctrine of the infallibility of a certain person or thing, especially (Roman Catholicism) the doctrine of papal infallibility; support of this doctrine.

Meaning

A doctrine of the infallibility of a certain person or thing, especially (Roman Catholicism) the doctrine of papal infallibility; support of this doctrine.

More Meanings

  1. (epistemology) The theory that belief in a true proposition counts as knowledge only if the proposition is necessarily entailed by the evidence or reasoning that supports this belief.

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Related dictionary entries include neo-ultramontanism, infralapsarian, papism, papalism, papistry, ultramontanism.

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