"fallibilism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfælɪbɪlɪzəm/ Forms: fallibilisms [plural]
enPR: făʹlĭ.bĭ.lĭ.zəm Etymology: From fallible + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fallible|ism}} fallible + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fallibilism (usually uncountable, plural fallibilisms)
  1. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction. Wikipedia link: fallibilism Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (doctrine that knowledge is never certain): fal·libilisme [masculine] (Catalan), 可謬論 (Chinese Mandarin), 可谬论 (kěmiùlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 無法獲得明確知識的理論 (Chinese Mandarin), 无法获得明确知识的理论 (wúfǎ huòdé míngquè zhīshi de lǐlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), falibilismus [masculine] (Czech), fallibilismi (Finnish), faillibilisme [masculine] (French), fallibilizmus (Hungarian), fallibilizm [neuter] (Polish), falibilismo [masculine] (Portuguese), фаллибили́зм (fallibilízm) [masculine] (Russian), falibilismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fallibilism-en-noun-ZQ3NhoEe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism

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