单词 | incorrigibility |
释义 | incorrigibilityn. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1631 |
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