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I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one.
Daniel Okrent

Meaning of "fallible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FALLIBLE

From Medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere to deceive.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FALLIBLE

fallible  [ˈfælɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALLIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fallible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FALLIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fallibilism

Fallibilism is the philosophical principle that human beings could be wrong about their beliefs, expectations, or their understanding of the world, and yet still be justified in holding their incorrect beliefs. In the most commonly used sense of the term, this consists in being open to new evidence that would contradict some previously held position or belief, and in the recognition that "any claim justified today may need to be revised or withdrawn in light of new evidence, new arguments, and new experiences." This position is taken for granted in the natural sciences. In another sense, it refers to the consciousness of "the degree to which our interpretations, valuations, our practices, and traditions are temporally indexed" and subject to historical flux and change. Such "time-responsive" fallibilism consists in an openness to the confirmation of a possibility that one anticipates or expects in the future. Some fallibilists argue that absolute certainty about knowledge is impossible. As a formal doctrine, fallibilism is most strongly associated with Charles Sanders Peirce, John Dewey, and other pragmatists, who use it in their attacks on foundationalism.

Definition of fallible in the English dictionary

The definition of fallible in the dictionary is capable of being mistaken; erring. Other definition of fallible is liable to mislead.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FALLIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
alible
ˈælɪbəl
audible
ˈɔːdɪbəl
Bible
ˈbaɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
deleble
ˈdɛlɪbəl
delible
ˈdelɪbəl
disable
dɪsˈeɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
indelible
ɪnˈdɛlɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
sensible
ˈsɛnsɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
table
ˈteɪbəl
tribal
ˈtraɪbəl
unable
ʌnˈeɪbəl
unfallible
ʌnˈfælɪbəl
visible
ˈvɪzɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALLIBLE

fallaway
fallback
fallboard
fallen
fallen arch
faller
fallfish
fallibilism
fallibilist
fallibility
fallibleness
fallibly
falling
falling band
falling evil
falling market
falling sickness
falling star
falling-off
falling-out

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALLIBLE

accessible
collectible
combustible
compatible
convertible
edible
eligible
feasible
gullible
Holy Bible
horrible
impossible
incredible
infallible
invisible
responsible
reversible
susceptible
terrible
the Bible

Synonyms and antonyms of fallible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FALLIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fallible» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fallible

Translation of «fallible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALLIBLE

Find out the translation of fallible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fallible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fallible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

易犯错误
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falible
570 millions of speakers

English

fallible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अविश्वसनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير معصوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ошибаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্রমপ্রবণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faillible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak boleh berlaku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fehlbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

当てにならない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오류를 범할
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gagal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể hỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறு செய்யக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोषरहित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanılabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fallibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

omylny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помилятися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

failibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fallible
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feilbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fallible
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feilbarlige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fallible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALLIBLE»

The term «fallible» is regularly used and occupies the 90.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALLIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fallible

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10 QUOTES WITH «FALLIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fallible.
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Dan Ariely
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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Kerry Bishe
I think it's really rare to see women on television who are brilliant, selfish, vain, fallible - and I feel like I have all those capacities in myself, so it's good to see people in the media representing all of those things.
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Jorge Luis Borges
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
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Ray Comfort
Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.
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Albert Ellis
I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.
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Gunter Grass
Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting.
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Grimes
I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it's the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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Daniel Kahneman
I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness.
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Michael Ledeen
So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.
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Daniel Okrent
I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALLIBLE»

Discover the use of fallible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fallible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fallible Man
The notions of fault and fallibility initially investigated here are treated extensively in The Symbolism of Evil, and Fallible Man is essential to the understanding of Ricoeur's analysis as he moves from his earliest anthropological ...
Paul Ricœur, 1986
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Fallible Authors: Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath
This innovative book places these "fallible authors" within the full intellectual context that gave them meaning.
Alastair Minnis, 2011
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Fraud and Fallible Judgement: Varieties of Deception in the ...
" This volume is an ideal text for students and scientists in all areas of the social and behavioral sciences, particularly psychologists and sociologists.
Nathaniel J. Pallone, James J. Hennessey, 1995
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Risky Work Environments: Reappraising Human Work Within ...
Further, the book explains how to search for, think about and act on information about vulnerability, near misses and mistakes in a way that emphasizes accountability in ways that are not punitive but instead responsible, innovative and ...
Professor Pascal Béguin, Dr Christine Owen, Dr Ger Wackers, 2012
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The Fallible Fiend
The Perfect Servant (NOT!) He looked like a cross between a dragon and a catfish, and he could bend iron bands into pretzels with a flick of his hand.
L. Sprague de Camp, 2011
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Fallible Guardian: The Social Construction of Railroad ...
When Samuel F.B. Morse demonstrated the first telegraph line in 1844, American railroad officials did not immediately perceive telegraphy as a useful tool for managing railroad operations, such as monitoring train locations, communicating ...
Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes, 2008
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Real World Economics: Essays on Imperfect Markets and ...
This book explains the economics of the National Health Service and the top rate tax cuts, the education reforms, the house price boom, the poll tax and the balance of payments crisis.
Christopher Huhne, 1990
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In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark's Gospel
The implied audience is encouraged both to identify with and to judge the fallible followers of Jesus, and the category of fallible followers is open-ended in Mark. It can include the women at the cross and tomb;'s it stretches outward from the ...
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, 2000
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Rethinking Popper
fallible' actually means that epistemic agents (humans) are fallible? In his Logic Popper adds to his own view that we can be 'absolutely certain' only in holding our subjective experiences and beliefs a comment 'This last remark is of course a  ...
Zuzana Parusniková, Robert Sonné Cohen, 2009
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A Fallible Church: Lambeth Essays
It shows that the communion is full of life, creativity and generosity of spirit, telling the neglected story of the enriching diocese-to-diocese partnerships that exist between England and Africa, where most Anglicans now live.
Kenneth W. Stevenson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALLIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fallible is used in the context of the following news items.
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Testino's portrait of William and Kate is a sickly sweet lie
... works of art as Velazquez's Las Meninas or Goya's Family of Charles IV, in which royalty are revealed as mortal and fallible human beings. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
I Love You, You Love Me, We've Probably Never Said That To More …
another (but equally fallible, in my opinion) way of understanding how many important relationships someone has had. The pollster found that the breakdown ... «FiveThirtyEight, Jul 15»
3
Why We Shouldn't Say “Modest is Hottest”
Men were simply weak and fallible in this way, and it was our job to keep them from sinful thoughts. So we were taught to dress carefully, with a ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Karen Norvig Berry and Judith A. Dexter: Gov. Wolf took right step in …
Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty believes that "the state's current capital punishment system is costly, fallible, and rife with ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
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Bill Cosby's fall has come as a relief
But relieved because we now know that he is just like the rest of us — fallible. The problem with us is we take people in the limelight and make ... «Rand Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Baahubali movie review: Prabhas shines like a diamond in SS …
Rajamouli gives us characters like Shivudu, who is an endearing simpleton born to avenge his mother, and Bhallaladeva, the fallible evil king ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»
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The Tour de Pants: Cosby, Jared, And Trump
Humans are fallible and the story isn't new, but this one is particularly gruesome. So is Cosby's. The saddest thing is how, when sexual abuse ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
8
Messi Bears Brunt of Frustration Again
Messi, like every other footballer, can be fallible. Yet, to prove how fickle and easily excitable football fans can be, some people are questioning ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Supergirl Pilot: 8 Burning Questions Answered
But that being said, Kara herself is a likable, perfectly fallible "strong female character," and Melissa Benoist's charming performance helps to ... «Outer Places, Jul 15»
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The knowledge problem
However, even our knowledge of ourselves is fallible. Harvard University's Matthew Rabin and colleagues have shown that we are bad at ... «Investors Chronicle, Jul 15»

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