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infallibilism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-fal-li-bil-ism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A doctrine of the infallibility of a certain person or thing, especially (Roman Catholicism) the doctrine of papal infallibility; support of this doctrine.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The theory that belief in a true proposition counts as knowledge only if the proposition is necessarily entailed by the evidence or reasoning that supports this belief.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

infallibilisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

infallibilist

Questions

What does infallibilism mean?
A doctrine of the infallibility of a certain person or thing, especially (Roman Catholicism) the doctrine of papal infallibility; support of this doctrine.

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