perfectible
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- adjective
- /pərˈfɛktəbl/
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perfeccionable
- Also, if our predecessors have done nothing for us, and if we do nothing for our descendants, it is almost in vain that nature wills that man should be perfectible.
Examples
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Many philosophers believe that human beings are perfectible through education and personal growth.
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To think of individual life as perfectible in itself is to suppose that the individual is master of his or her own life.
Academic text (2016) -
And because human life is not perfectible, it creates great disappointments among us.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Left has traditionally assumed that human nature is so malleable, so perfectible, that it can be shaped in almost any direction.
Blog text (7) -
As I said at my place, I think many of these people, including some I greatly admire and look to for inspiration, are making the same mistake the socialists and communists do: that man is perfectible.
Blog text (23) -
The artist worked tirelessly, convinced that his craft was perfectible with each new piece he created.
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The company aims to create a perfectible product that can continually be improved based on customer feedback.
Antonyms
How Perfectible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perfectible comes from perfect ('complete') and the ending -ible ('able to be'), so it literally means 'able to be made perfect'. A helpful image is a rough stone that can be polished until it shines; if something is perfectible, it can be improved step by step toward being perfect.