fallibilism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fallible

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English fallibilism

From fallible + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfælɪbɪlɪzəm/
• enPR: făʹlĭ.bĭ.lĭ.zəm

Noun

fallibilism (usually uncountable, plural fallibilisms)

1. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction.

Translations

doctrine that knowledge is never certain

• Catalan: fal·libilisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可謬論 / 可谬论 (kěmiùlùn), 無法獲得明確知識的理論, 无法获得明确知识的理论 (wúfǎ huòdé míngquè zhīshi de lǐlùn)

• Czech: falibilismus m
• Finnish: fallibilismi
• French: faillibilisme (fr) m
• Hungarian: fallibilizmus
• Polish: fallibilizm (pl) n
• Portuguese: falibilismo m
• Russian: фаллибили́зм m (fallibilízm)
• Spanish: falibilismo m