infallibility

Examples

• All

• We want to make absolutely certain that every American can bank on the utter infallibility of the system, and to ensure that what keeps us safe will also keep us free.

  Minority Report (2002)

• Here we see the liberal conceit of the infallibility of the federal government.

  Blog text (1)

• "The majority comes to believe in "the infallibility of majority reason."

  Academic text (2002)

• It's sort of an unshakeable belief in your own infallibility.

  In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)

• Humans can assume no divine guidance as they venture down this path, nor should they assume infallibility.

  Academic text (2003)

• In this case, the papal teaching shares the infallibility of the ordinary universal magisterium.

  Academic text (1997)

• Catholicism, of course, is not any better off with its doctrine of papal infallibility.

  Academic text (2015)

• But a program whose basic premise is the achievement of infallibility is an absurdity for human beings.

  Academic text (1991)

• Which all goes to show that the infallibility of the deity does not extend to his self styled vicar on earth.

• The scientist's reputation was built on the infallibility of his research methods.

Synonyms

I

inerrancy

vsinfallibility

• Specialized

4 9.9

The belief that certain religious books, especially the Bible, have no mistakes

is used generally rather than mainly for religious or textual claims

I

impeccability

vsinfallibility

1 7.7

A state when something has no mistakes or faults

highlights never making mistakes rather than only flawless appearance

U

unerring ability

vsinfallibility

7.3

Skill at doing something without making mistakes

is a general trait not limited to one specific skill

F

faultlessness

vsinfallibility

6.5

A state with no mistakes

emphasizes inner inability to be wrong rather than mere lack of faults

I

incontrovertibility

vsinfallibility

• Formal

9.9

A fact or idea that cannot be doubted

contrasts by focusing on inability to err rather than external undeniability

I

indubitability

vsinfallibility

• Formal

9.9

Complete certainty that something is true

differs by indicating internal incapacity to make mistakes rather than unquestioned status

I

indisputability

vsinfallibility

• Formal

8.8

A quality of being impossible to doubt when proof is clear

focuses on being unable to be wrong rather than merely being undisputed

I

incontrovertibleness

vsinfallibility

• Formal

9.9

A quality that cannot be questioned or denied

is concerned with not making mistakes rather than being beyond dispute

U

unquestionableness

vsinfallibility

9.1

A quality that cannot be doubted

is about inability to err rather than simply holding unquestioned status

U

unquestionability

vsinfallibility

9.2

A fact or claim that people cannot doubt

places weight on not being wrong rather than on external certainty

Antonyms

F

fallibility

4 7.2

A tendency to make mistakes

Compounds

P

papal infallibility

• Formal

1 9.9

The belief that the pope cannot be wrong when speaking officially on faith or morals

How Accurate

infallibility

7 8.9

inerrancy

• Specialized

4 9.9

accuracy

169 3.8

unreliability

3 5.5

fallibility

4 7.2

inaccuracy

24 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology