perfectabilityn.

Brit.

/pəˌfɛktəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/pərˌfɛktəˈbɪlɪdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfectable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < perfectable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare earlier perfectibility n.

1. = perfectibility n. 1.

ΚΠ

?1790 J. Stewart Revol. of Reason 56 The faculty of reflection, the inceptive point of the quality of perfectability, which discriminates the human from the brute species.

1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence iii. 72 The most sanguine believer in perfectability is in danger of forgetting the capacities of man.

1877 C. Woodruff Final Philos. 8 The ideal perfectability of knowledge through a gradual concurrence of reason with revelation.

1970 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 4/1 The US places more reliance on technological solutions and has more faith in human perfectability than any other nation.

2000 V. Nell Cross-Cultural Neuropsychol. Assessment iv. 50 The claim that IQ is immutable strikes at a profoundly held Western belief: the notion of human progress and perfectability.

†2. = perfectibility n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. v. 58 The inhabitants of the moon..had arrived at..such an enviable state of perfectability, as to controul the elements.

1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxxiv We live amidst human perfectabilities—all of Irish manufacture.

Derivatives

perˌfectabiliˈtarian n. rare = perfectibilitarian n. at perfectibility n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > believer in

perfective1602

perfectionist1653

perfectibilist1798

perfectibilian1816

perfectibilarian1852

perfectibilitarian1873

perfectabilitarian1930

1930 New Statesman 7 June 274/1 The unscrupulous laxity of argument so dear to perfectabilitarians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perfectability
释义	perfectabilityn. Brit. /pəˌfɛktəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /pərˌfɛktəˈbɪlɪdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfectable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < perfectable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare earlier perfectibility n. 1. = perfectibility n. 1. ΚΠ ?1790 J. Stewart Revol. of Reason 56 The faculty of reflection, the inceptive point of the quality of perfectability, which discriminates the human from the brute species. 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence iii. 72 The most sanguine believer in perfectability is in danger of forgetting the capacities of man. 1877 C. Woodruff Final Philos. 8 The ideal perfectability of knowledge through a gradual concurrence of reason with revelation. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 4/1 The US places more reliance on technological solutions and has more faith in human perfectability than any other nation. 2000 V. Nell Cross-Cultural Neuropsychol. Assessment iv. 50 The claim that IQ is immutable strikes at a profoundly held Western belief: the notion of human progress and perfectability. †2. = perfectibility n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. v. 58 The inhabitants of the moon..had arrived at..such an enviable state of perfectability, as to controul the elements. 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxxiv We live amidst human perfectabilities—all of Irish manufacture. Derivatives perˌfectabiliˈtarian n. rare = perfectibilitarian n. at perfectibility n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > believer in perfective1602 perfectionist1653 perfectibilist1798 perfectibilian1816 perfectibilarian1852 perfectibilitarian1873 perfectabilitarian1930 1930 New Statesman 7 June 274/1 The unscrupulous laxity of argument so dear to perfectabilitarians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1790
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