fallibility en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fæləˈbɪləti/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English fallible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fallibility From fallible + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being prone to error.
...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
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(countable) An error-generating characteristic.
Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter.
2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fallibilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (8)
fr faillibilité (state of being prone to error) · ky жаңылыштык (state of being prone to error) · es falibilidad (state of being prone to error) · ca fal·libilitat (state of being prone to error) · hu gyarlóság (state of being prone to error) · ky жаңылышкандык (state of being prone to error) · nl feilbaarheid (state of being prone to error) · gl falibilidade (state of being prone to error)