perfectibility

Examples

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• The elegance, simplicity, harmony, and rationality of the structure would provide evidence of man's absolute and total perfectibility.

  Academic text (2008)

• The doctrine of perfectibility preached by Rousseau had led to a philosophy of history.

  Academic text (2001)

• I am a believer in the perfectibility of human beings.

  The Circle (2017)

• Some take this regular change as equivalent to progress, as over the generations we jollily make our way to perfectibility.

  Academic text (2010)

• The basic premise is the continual perfectibility of civilization, which is more or less enabled under certain political regimes.

  Academic text (1996)

• From this compromise evolved the belief in the possibility of heaven on earth, in human perfectibility, in the expectation that man, both individually and collectively, can control his temporal fate.

  Blog text (29)

• Tu Wei-ming, one of the foremost exponents of 'Classical Confucian Humanism' in the West, emphasizes its core belief in 'the perfectibility of human nature through self-effort.'

  Academic text (2016)

• Many philosophers explore the idea of perfectibility in their writings, arguing that human nature can evolve to a higher state.

• Throughout history, the concept of perfectibility has inspired movements aiming to improve society and elevate the human condition.

• The belief in human perfectibility encourages individuals to strive for personal growth and moral advancement.

Antonyms

I

imperfection

47 3.7

A small fault that makes someone or something less good

I

imperfectibility

• Formal

1 9.9

A state of always having mistakes or faults in people and things

How Capable

perfectibility

1 9.3

ability

∞ 1.0

incapability

1 6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology