Perfectability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being able to be perfected. uncountable

    "He had noticed in his circle many an otherwise promising union result in disappointment and dismay, purely in consequence of the false estimate formed by bride or bridegroom concerning the imagined perfectability of the other."

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"He had noticed in his circle many an otherwise promising union result in disappointment and dismay, purely in consequence of the false estimate formed by bride or bridegroom concerning the imagined perfectability of the other."

Etymology

From perfect + -ability.

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