improvableness
(ɪmˈpruːvəb(ə)lnɪs)
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being improvable; capacity or susceptibility of improvement.
| 1652 W. Blithe (title) The English Improver Improved..discovering the Improveableness of all Lands. a 1660 Hammond Wks. I. 479 (R.) The Romish doctrines of the improvableness of attrition into contrition, by the priest's aid. 1878 Morley Diderot i. 8 Active faith in the improvableness of institutions. |