perfectibility

noun

Etymology

From perfect + -ibility.

  1. derived from perfectus
  2. derived from parfit
  3. inherited from perfit
  4. formed as perfectibility — “perfect + -ibility

Definitions

  1. The possibility of achieving perfection.

    • 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.
  2. Perfectionism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perfectibility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA