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Definition of Perfectibility
1. Noun. The capability of becoming perfect. "He believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
Antonyms: Imperfectibility
Derivative terms: Perfectible
Definition of Perfectibility
1. n. The quality or state of being perfectible.
Definition of Perfectibility
1. Noun. The possibility of achieving perfection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perfectibility
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perfectibility
Literary usage of Perfectibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"I take as an example the idea of human perfectibility, because it is one of ...
The idea of perfectibility is therefore as old as the world ; equality did ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"I take as an example the idea of human perfectibility, because it is one of the
principal ... The idea of perfectibility is therefore as old as the world; ..."
3. Harmonies of Political Economy by Frédéric Bastiat (1860)
"perfectibility. CHAT the human race is perfectible ; that it progresses towa
higher and higher level ; that its wealth is increasing and becoming more ..."
4. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée (1916)
"The Principle of Unlimited perfectibility. In conceiving of the future of the
world as resting henceforth upon human liberty, the French philosophers found ..."
5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"perfectibility (Lat perfectus. part of perficio, / complete). ... The theory of
tb indefinite perfectibility of the human ..."
6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste COMTE, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"The chimerical notion of unlimited perfectibility is thus at once excluded.
Taking the human race as a whole, ..."
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