PERFECTIBILITY
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
• PERFECTIBILITY (noun)
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)
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