perfectible

Able to perfect

Perfectible describes something capable of being made perfect or improved toward an ideal state.

The word appears most often in philosophical and theological contexts, debating whether human nature or society is perfectible: Enlightenment thinkers believed humanity was perfectible through reason and education.

The question of whether we are perfectible remains central to political thought.

potential

improvable

Able to be bettered

refinableAble to be purified
optimizableAble to be perfected
amendableAble to be changed

correctable · upgradable · malleable · modifiable · transformable · shapable · revisable · adjustable · mutable · pliable

aspiration

ideal

Standard of perfection

excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
utopiaImagined perfect society
idealismBelief in noble principles

pinnacle · zenith · paragon · epitome · transcendence · apotheosis · sublime · flawlessness · mastery · actualization

growth

development

Progress toward maturity

evolutionSpecies changing over generations
maturationProcess of becoming complete
advancementForward movement or promotion

cultivation · flourishing · transformation · refinement · progression · ripening · unfolding · enrichment · nurture · blossoming

improvement

enhance

Increase in quality

refineRemove impurities from
optimizeMake maximally effective
amendModify or correct

rectify · polish · upgrade · revise · better · hone · elevate · correct · emend · ameliorate

Opposites

capacity for improvement

perfectibleirredeemable

Impossible to reform

incorrigible · unfixable · irreparable · unimprovable · hopeless

inherent nature

perfectiblefallen

Having dropped down

depraved · total depravity · imperfect · original sin

Family

perfectibility

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G