Meanings
nounperfectibilian (plural perfectibilians)
plural perfectibilians
- archaicA perfectionist.
The quartette in the mail coach consists of Mr. Foster, the perfectibilian[…]
1875, “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock”, in The Edinburgh Review1 more example
There is, nevertheless, a definite sense in which he [Karl Marx] remained both a rationalist and a perfectibilian to the end of his life.
1996, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
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