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incorrigibility|ɪnˌkɒrɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next + -ity; cf. F. 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. So inˈcorrigibilist, one who adheres to an incorrigible theory.
a1631Donne Serm. xxxvi. 336 There is an incorrigibility in which when the reproofe cannot lead the Will it must draw blood. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. App. 149 The absolute Soveraignty..irresistibilitie, incorrigibility of the Kings of Iudah and Israel by their whole States, Congregations [etc.]. 1740Warburton Div. Legat. v. i. Wks. 1811 V. 16 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. 1881Law Rep. 6 Prob. Div. 169 Drunkenness,..crime..incorrigibility. 1956E. 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. 1966Amer. Philos. Q. III. 101/2 The supposed incorrigibility of first person pain reports. Ibid., Part of the guile of the incorrigibilist is not to disclose which reasons..he is prepared to take into account as relevant. |