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单词 defectability
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defectabilityn.

Brit. /dᵻˌfɛktəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /dəˌfɛktəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /diˌfɛktəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English defectable , defectible adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < defectable, variant of defectible adj. + -ity suffix (see -bility suffix), in later use partly as alteration of defectibility n.
The fact or quality of being defectible; liability to fail or fall short; fallibility; = defectibility n.Frequently in religious contexts.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness
defection1526
faultiness1530
lameness1530
defecta1538
badness1539
defectuosity1602
defectiveness1603
defectibilitya1617
shortness1644
defectuousness1654
defectability1662
demerit1832
wonkiness1982
1662 T. Brooks Crown & Glory of Christianity 587 God is a pure, a most pure Act, without the least potentiality, defectability, or mutability.
1730 J. Nicholls Method Divine Grace 31 Adam fell at first thro' the Defectability and Weakness of his perfectly free Will.
1750 Ess. conc. Divine Prescience 39 There's no need of seeking a positive Cause for a Privation, not to search any farther for the Cause of Sin, than in the natural Defectability of its Subject.
1833 Thomsonian Recorder 13 Apr. 317/1 Mr Little's indiscretion in his scurilous, virulent abuse of his opponents, evinced a combative propensity of disposition, and defectability of comprehension.
1893 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. July 634 When defectability is supplanted by unerring perfection of intelligence and reason, there can be no such illusions to tempt and deceive.
1986 B. McGinn tr. E. von Hochheim in Meister Eckhart i. ii. 186 This is why inequality and everything that smacks of it, like mutability, defectability, and the like, do not belong to the Son in the Godhead.
2012 A. Sloane Tamar's Tears i. 18 She notes feminist critique of the way the Genesis myth portrays the inherent weakness, subordination and defectability of women.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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