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English
Etymology
From perfect + -ible.
Adjective
perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
- Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:"Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.
Derived terms
Translations
able to be perfected; capable of perfection
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French
Etymology
From Latin perfectus + -ible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perfectible (plural perfectibles)
- perfectible
- Synonym: améliorable
- Antonym: imperfectible
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾfeɡˈtible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: per‧fec‧ti‧ble
Adjective
perfectible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perfectibles)
- perfectible
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