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单词 perfectibility
释义 per·fect·ibil·i·ty
\pərˌfektəˈbiləd.ē sometimes ˌpərfik-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: French perfectibilité, from perfectible + -ité -ity
1.
 a. : a capacity for progress or improvement especially in the attainment of moral excellence
  < believed in rationalism, progress, and the infinite perfectibility of the human race — J.G.Colton >
 b. : perfectionism 1
  < the New England mind turned from perfectibility … to intellectual progress — H.S.Canby >
 c. : a belief advanced by Lessing that religion is rooted in humanitarian morality rather than dogmatic creed and is therefore subject to improvement
2. : perfection
 < ever the craftsman seeking perfectibility in … art — Saturday Review >
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