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Perfectibilist — Per fec*tib i*list, n. A perfectionist. See also {Illuminati}, 2. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
perfectibilist — per·fect·ibi·list … English syllables
perfectibilist — pərˈfektəbələ̇st noun ( s) Etymology: perfectibility + ist 1. : a believer in perfectibility : perfectionist 2. perfectibilists plural, usually capitalized … Useful english dictionary
Perfectibilist — noun see alumbrado * * * perfectˈibilist noun • • • Main Entry: ↑perfect … Useful english dictionary
perfectible — perfectibilist, n. perfectibility, n. /peuhr fek teuh beuhl/, adj. capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable. [1625 35; < F < ML perfectibilis. See PERFECT, IBLE] * * * … Universalium
Comte and positivism — Robert Brown COMTE’S AIMS The chief aim of all of Auguste Comte’s publications, and the constant mission of his entire working life, was the improvement of human character through the perfecting of human society. He was convinced that the… … History of philosophy
Pollyanna — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian optimist, aspirant, aspirer, chiliast, daydreamer, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, millenarian, millennialist, millennian, optimist, perfectibilist, perfectibilitarian, perfectionist, philosophical… … Moby Thesaurus
aspirant — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, addict, also ran, applicant, aspirer, baby kisser, bidder, candidate, chiliast, claimant, collector, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, desirer, devotee, dud, fancier, favorite son … Moby Thesaurus
hopeful — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, addict, adolescent, advantageous, agape, agog, all agog, also ran, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, applicant, apt, aspirant, aspirer, aspiring, assured, auspicious … Moby Thesaurus
millenarian — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian, Leibnizian optimist, Pollyanna, aspirant, aspirer, bright, cheerful, chiliast, chiliastic, couleur de rose, hopeful, hoper, irrepressible optimist, millennialist, millennialistic, millennian, optimist,… … Moby Thesaurus
