noun
- the quality or state of being capable of becoming perfect or of being improved toward perfection
Usage: often used in philosophical or theoretical contexts
Examples
- The Enlightenment philosophers believed in human perfectibility through reason and education.
- Some argue that technology demonstrates the perfectibility of human systems.
- The artist's work reflects a faith in the perfectibility of artistic expression.
- Critics questioned whether social institutions possessed true perfectibility.
- The concept of perfectibility has been central to many utopian theories.