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单词 incorrigibility
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incorrigibilityn.

/ɪnˌkɒrɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪti/
Etymology: < incorrigible adj. + -ity suffix; compare French incorrigibilité (1694 in Dict. Acad.).
The quality of being incorrigible: (a) of being evil beyond correction; (b) of not being liable or open to correction; of not being open to proof or disproof.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [noun] > absolute authority
empery1529
wilful empire1533
empire1579
dictatorship1580
imperiousness1630
incorrigibilitya1631
tyranny1651
despotism1797
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > incorrigibleness
incorrigibilitya1631
incorrigiblenessa1631
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [noun]
incorrigibilitya1631
indemonstrableness1727
unprovabilitya1881
unprovableness1883
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 321 There is an incorrigibility, in which, when the reproofe cannot lead the will, it must draw blood.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 149 The absolute Soveraignty..irresistibilitie, incorrigibility of the Kings of Iudah and Israel by their whole States, Congregations [etc.].
1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) IV. v. i. 149 If the corrigibility of a bad soil perfectly agreed with the end of the Dispensation..the incorrigibility of it was as well fitted to the mean.
1881 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 6 169 Drunkenness,..crime..incorrigibility.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics vi. 226 To ascribe absolute incorrigibility to them [sc. sentences] is misleading since it suggests that they are never questioned within any context.
1966 Amer. Philos. Q. 3 101/2 The supposed incorrigibility of first person pain reports.

Derivatives

inˈcorrigibilist n. one who adheres to an incorrigible theory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > other theories and their adherents
Darwinian1807
panphenomenalism1871
eternalism1951
incorrigibilist1966
1966 Amer. Philos. Q. 3 101/2 Part of the guile of the incorrigibilist is not to disclose which reasons..he is prepared to take into account as relevant.
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