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fallibility

English

Etymology

fallible +? -ity

Noun

fallibility (countable and uncountable, plural fallibilities)

  1. The state of being prone to error.
    • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 2:
      ...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity.
  2. (countable) An error-generating characteristic.

Antonyms

  • infallibility

Translations

Anagrams

  • fillability

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fallible

English

Etymology

From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (liable to err, also deceitful), from Latin fallere (to deceive).

Adjective

fallible (comparative more fallible, superlative most fallible)

  1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Synonyms

  • defective
  • faulty
  • faultful
  • imperfect

Antonyms

  • perfect
  • infallible

Related terms

  • fail
  • fallacious
  • fallacy
  • fallibilist
  • fallibilism
  • fallibility

Translations

Further reading

  • fallible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • fallible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • fallible at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • fillable

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