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improvableness|ɪmˈpruːvəb(ə)lnɪs| [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality of being improvable; capacity or susceptibility of improvement.
1652W. Blithe (title) The English Improver Improved..discovering the Improveableness of all Lands. a1660Hammond Wks. I. 479 (R.) The Romish doctrines of the improvableness of attrition into contrition, by the priest's aid. 1878Morley Diderot i. 8 Active faith in the improvableness of institutions. |