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infallibility en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ (General-American)
  • /ˌɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.
    • The myth of the infallibility and objectivity of medicine and all science has come to replace religious myths. 1977 December 10, Kate Gyllensvard, Richard Millen, “Blue Collar, White Collar, Lavender Collar: A Look At The Gay Work Force”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 11:

Forms

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infallibilities Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

fallibility

Relateds

papal infallibility

Synonyms

faultlessness · perfection

Translations (17)

pl nieomylność (the ability to never make a mistake) · fi erehtymättömyys (the ability to never make a mistake) · ca infal·libilitat (the ability to never make a mistake) · nl onfeilbaarheid (the ability to never make a mistake) · ar عِصْمَة (the ability to never make a mistake) · cs neomylnost (the ability to never make a mistake) · ru безоши́бочность (the ability to never make a mistake) · ru непогреши́мость (the ability to never make a mistake) · gv neushaghrynys (the ability to never make a mistake) · fr infaillibilité (the ability to never make a mistake) · de Unfehlbarkeit (the ability to never make a mistake) · ja 無謬 (the ability to never make a mistake) · hu tévedhetetlenség (the ability to never make a mistake) · cmn 無錯誤 /无错误 (the ability to never make a mistake) · sv ofelbarhet (the ability to never make a mistake) · es infalibilidad (the ability to never make a mistake) · ja 完璧 (the ability to never make a mistake)