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perfectibilism|pɜːfɪkˈtɪbɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. as perfectible + -ism.]
The doctrine of the perfectibility of human nature in this life. So perfecˈtibilist, one who holds this doctrine.
1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVII. 513 He had originally intended for them the name of Perfectibilist. 1852Tait's Mag. XIX. 749 Satires of socialism and perfectibilism. 1883Sat. Rev. 8 Dec. 725/1 We are in rebus snobbicis at any rate perfectibilists. The snob of this generation..is a much more odious reptile than he of the last. |
