Meanings
adjectiveperfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
comparative more perfectible · superlative most perfectible
- Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
"Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.
1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of becoming or being made perfect
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Origin
Translations
German vervollkommnungsfähig
- vervollkommnungsfähigable to be perfected; capable of perfection
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APA
perfectible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfectible
MLA
“perfectible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfectible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perfectible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfectible.
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