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infallibility

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/
  • General-American: /ˌɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F AE2 L IH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: faultlessness, perfection

Antonyms: fallibility

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of never making an error

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: fallibility

Broader terms: dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness

Narrower terms: inerrancy, papal infallibility

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Catalan: infal·libilitat — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無錯誤 /无错误 (wúcuòwù) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Czech: neomylnost — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Dutch: onfeilbaarheid — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Finnish: erehtymättömyys — the ability to never make a mistake
  • French: infaillibilité — the ability to never make a mistake
  • German: Unfehlbarkeit — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Hungarian: tévedhetetlenség — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Japanese: 無謬 (mubyū) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Japanese: 完璧 (kampeki) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Manx: neushaghrynys — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Polish: nieomylność — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Russian: непогреши́мость (nepogrešímostʹ) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Russian: безоши́бочность (bezošíbočnostʹ) — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Spanish: infalibilidad — the ability to never make a mistake
  • Swedish: ofelbarhet — the ability to never make a mistake