perfectible
[per-fek-tuh-buh l]
- capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
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Origin of perfectible
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Examples from the Web for perfectible
Contemporary Examples
We in our land of optimists like to believe our species is perfectible.
Neither markets nor government are perfectible; the best we're going to get is ones that work pretty well most of the time.
Historical Examples
Man is not a perfectible animal; not on this side of eternity.
EgoistsJames Huneker
He is perfectible, seeks after improvement, and shuns deterioration.
Harmonies of Political EconomyFrdric Bastiat
But as man is perfectible this condition of things cannot last.
The Radicalism of Shelley and Its SourcesDaniel J. MacDonald
Hence he is perfectible through nature, and merely conforms to nature in improving his mind and in bettering his condition.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6)Hippolyte A. Taine
But this work is perfectible and it contains in its constitution even the principles of its perfectibility.
perfectible
- capable of becoming or being made perfect
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