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perfectible

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English perfect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English perfectible From perfect + -ible.

  1. Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.

    "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.