infallibility

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US/ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/US/ˌɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/

noun

The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.

Similar
faultlessnessperfection
Opposite
fallibility
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Meanings

nouninfallibility (usually uncountable, plural infallibilities)

plural infallibilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.

    The myth of the infallibility and objectivity of medicine and all science has come to replace religious myths.

    1977 December 10, Kate Gyllensvard, Richard Millen, “Blue Collar, White Collar, Lavender Collar: A Look At The Gay Work Force”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 11

    Synonyms: faultlessness, perfection · Antonyms: fallibility

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.

Similar
faultlessnessperfection
Opposite
fallibility

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of never making an error

Opposite
fallibility
Broader
dependabilitydependablenessreliability
Also see
faultlessnessinfalliblenessperfection

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic عِصْمَة
  • عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma)the ability to never make a mistake
Catalan infal·libilitat
  • infal·libilitatthe ability to never make a mistake
Chinese Mandarin 無錯誤 /无错误
  • 無錯誤 /无错误 (wúcuòwù)the ability to never make a mistake
Czech neomylnost
  • neomylnostthe ability to never make a mistake
Dutch onfeilbaarheid
  • onfeilbaarheidthe ability to never make a mistake
Finnish erehtymättömyys
  • erehtymättömyysthe ability to never make a mistake
French infaillibilité
  • infaillibilitéthe ability to never make a mistake
German Unfehlbarkeit
  • Unfehlbarkeitthe ability to never make a mistake
Hungarian tévedhetetlenség
  • tévedhetetlenségthe ability to never make a mistake
Japanese 無謬, 完璧
  • 無謬 (mubyū)the ability to never make a mistake
  • 完璧 (kampeki)the ability to never make a mistake
Polish nieomylność
  • nieomylnośćthe ability to never make a mistake
Russian непогреши́мость, безоши́бочность
  • непогреши́мость (nepogrešímostʹ)the ability to never make a mistake
  • безоши́бочность (bezošíbočnostʹ)the ability to never make a mistake
Spanish infalibilidad
  • infalibilidadthe ability to never make a mistake
Swedish ofelbarhet
  • ofelbarhetthe ability to never make a mistake
Cite this entry
APA

infallibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infallibility

MLA

“infallibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infallibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infallibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infallibility.

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