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Definition of Fallibility
1. Noun. The likelihood of making errors.
Specialized synonyms: Errancy
Derivative terms: Fallible
Antonyms: Infallibility
Definition of Fallibility
1. n. The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.
Definition of Fallibility
1. Noun. The state of being prone to error. ¹
2. Noun. An error-generating characteristic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fallibility
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallibility
Literary usage of Fallibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Underlying Principles of Modern Legislation by William Jethro Brown (1920)
"The first is the fallibility of rulers. I have already enlarged upon this topic
in the Prologue to the present work. I shall only remark here that, ..."
2. Negligence of Imposed Duties, Carriers of Passengers by Charles Andrew Ray (1893)
"Carp in Selection of Operative Employes—Human fallibility. § 25. ... Precautions
against Human fallibility—Automatic Signals— Block System. § 28. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"... which the authenticity of the poem of Paradise Lost was challenged. turn which
proved the fallibility of the oracle and the impositions of its priest. ..."
4. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"And upon this Foot I shall make an Essay at a General Benediction in my next.
Your Humble Servant, MODERN. On the fallibility of Human Judgment. ..."
5. Mind in the Lower Animals, in Health and Disease by William Lauder Lindsay (1880)
"fallibility. CHAPTER XXXI. ... So infinite indeed, both in number and variety,
are the proofs of the fallibility of what is absurdly, restrictively called ..."
6. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"... The fallibility tility that still stands in the way of mutual of Science
sympathy and understanding. It appears on the side of science, ..."
7. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy (1896)
"... but they never can place it in the wrong hands and hold it there, nor benefit
mankind by such endeavors. fallibility OF HUMAN CONCEITS. ..."
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