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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fallibilitynoun

    the likelihood of making errors

Wiktionary

  1. fallibilitynoun

    The state of being prone to error.

  2. fallibilitynoun

    An error-generating characteristic.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fallibilitynoun

    Liableness to be deceived; uncertainty; possibility of errour.

    Etymology: from fallible.

    There is a great deal of fallibility in the testimony of men; yet there are some things we may be almost as certain of as that the sun shines, or that five twenties make an hundred. Isaac Watts, Logick.

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  1. fallibility

    Fallibility refers to the natural ability or tendency to make mistakes, errors, or be wrong. It acknowledges the possibility that one's beliefs, judgments, or actions may not always be correct, thus embodying the inherent imperfection in human nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fallibilitynoun

    the state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser

Editors Contribution

  1. Fallibility

    It is simply defined as state of being capable of making mistakes or being wrong sometimes.

    Emeasoba George


    Submitted by emeasoba_g on February 23, 2018  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fallibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fallibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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