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perfectibiˈlarian, perfectiˈbilian nonce-wds.
= perfectibilist: see next.
1816T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall i, These four persons were, Mr. Foster, the perfectibilian; Mr. Escot, the deteriorationist; Mr. Jenkison, the statu-quo-ite [etc.]. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 499 Every unwashed artisan has become..a philosopher, a perfectibilian, and so forth. 1852Blackw. Mag. LXXII. 278 We should have left it to the Perfectibilarian to show what probability there is that this ignorant and disorderly class will..be absorbed in the higher. |