perfectibility

[per-fekt-uh-bil-i-tee]

noun

1. the quality or state of being able to be made perfect or free of defects.

2. the quality or state of being able to be improved.

Example Sentences

Johnson’s faith in human perfectibility, he told me, inspired him to work to regain his strength.

From Los Angeles Times

The noun “parent” has become a verb as many people embrace the belief that perfectibility can be approximated if parents are sufficiently diligent about child-rearing.

From Washington Post

Technology holds out the promise of human perfectibility, but, as far as Ishiguro is concerned, it is a promise we must resist.

From New York Times

After spending five hellish weeks in his youthful prime helping to pry a nearly invisible island in the Pacific from Japanese defenders, Shultz was cured of illusions concerning perfectibility and ease.

From Washington Post

Encoded in that molecule were the loci of human perfectibility and vulnerability: once we learned to manipulate this chemical, we would rewrite our nature.

From Literature