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PERFECTIBILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perfectibility mean?
• PERFECTIBILITY (noun)
The noun PERFECTIBILITY has 1 sense:
1. the capability of becoming perfect
Familiarity information: PERFECTIBILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capability of becoming perfect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
he believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man
Hypernyms ("perfectibility" is a kind of...):
capability; capableness; potentiality (an aptitude that may be developed)
Antonym:
imperfectibility (the capability of becoming imperfect)
Derivation:
perfectible (capable of becoming or being made perfect)
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