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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 perfectplay

  Familiarity information: PERFECTIBILITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERFECTIBILITY (noun)


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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