单词 | perfectibilarian |
释义 | perfectibilariann.adj. rare. A. n. = perfectibilist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [noun] > believer in perfective1602 perfectionist1653 perfectibilist1798 perfectibilian1816 perfectibilarian1852 perfectibilitarian1873 perfectabilitarian1930 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 278/1 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. B. adj. Relating to or characterized by perfectibilism. ΚΠ 1984 ELH 51 345 The origins of this faith—visionary in some quarters, radical in others, perfectibilarian in others, orthodox and rationalistic in still others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1852 |
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