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Webster 1913 Edition

Fallibility

Falˊli-bil′i-ty

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Fallibility

FALLIBIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[See Fallible.]
1.
Liableness to deceive; the quality of being fallible; uncertainty; possibility of being erroneous, or of leading to mistake; as the fallibility of an argument, of reasoning or of testimony.
2.
Liableness to err or to be deceived in one's own judgment; as the fallibility of men.

Definition 2024

fallibility

fallibility

English

Noun

fallibility ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fallibilities)

  1. The state of being prone to error.
  2. (countable) An error-generating characteristic.
    • 2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times:
      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.

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Etymology

fallible +‎ -ity

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