Perfectibility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perfectibility is a noun meaning The possibility of achieving perfection.
Meaning
The possibility of achieving perfection.
More Meanings
- (philosophy) Perfectionism.
Example Sentences
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.
In their evangelical zeal, crusaders relied upon a message of the essential morality of cleanliness, a message that was especially effective in stirring religious sentiment and that meshed well with evolutionary models of human perfectibility that were prevalent in the sciences.
Word Forms
- perfectibilities
Synonyms for perfectibility
Depending on context, synonyms include perfectability.
Antonyms for perfectibility
Common opposites include imperfectibility, imperfectability.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perfectability, perfectionment, perfectness, perfectiveness, imperfectability, imperfectibility.
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