human frailty
Our inevitable fallibility
Human frailty is the inherent weakness or vulnerability of people—physical, moral, or emotional.
The phrase acknowledges that humans are imperfect, prone to illness, temptation, and error: The scandal reminded voters of human frailty.
It often carries a tone of compassion rather than judgment, suggesting these limitations are universal rather than individual failings.
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- agingGrowing older over time
- mortal coilTurmoil of human existence
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- flesh and bloodOne's close relatives
exhaustion · sadness · ignorance · deterioration · selfishness · weakness · fatal flaw · feet of clay · fatigue · moral ambiguity · imperfection · fallibility · despair · misjudgment · blind spot · finitude · naivety · illness
- Greek tragedytragedy, Greek tragedy, Greek tragedies, Sophocles, Aeschylus
- tragedytragedy, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic heroes, tragic irony
- jealousyenvy, covetousness, resentment, possessiveness, rivalry
- Book of JobJob, Satan, Yahweh, God, Leviathan
- sinoriginal sin, mortal sin, venial sin, deadly sins, seven deadly sins
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
human frailtydivine perfection
Absolute sacred completeness
divine nature · omnipotence · infallibility · moral perfection · divinity
human frailtyinvincibility
Immunity to defeat
superhuman strength · indestructibility · robustness · fortitude · resilience
human frailtyinfallibility
Incapacity for mistakes
moral perfection · incorruptibility · inerrancy · sinlessness · flawlessness
human, fragile, humans, humane, humanity, inhuman, frailty, superhuman, inhumane