incorrigibility en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English incorrigible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English incorrigibility From incorrigible + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being incorrigible.
In keeping with the goals of the new eugenics movement, McCulloch was claiming to offer scientific evidence of the incorrigibility of poor rural whites.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 77:
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