fallibilist.

Someone who holds that even well-supported beliefs may turn out to be mistaken.

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Words that belong together

• a fallibilist approach
• a committed fallibilist

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A fallibilist can defend the evidence strongly without claiming that revision is impossible.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Singular fallibilist; plural fallibilists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, evaluation, inference. Commonness: uncommon.