infallibility.

The quality of being incapable of error or failure, sometimes asserted only within specified conditions.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• claim of infallibility
• institutional infallibility

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The procedure made no claim of infallibility and included a route for correcting mistakes.

The historian examined a claim of infallibility rather than assuming the institution could never err.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; use a plural for distinct instances or types only where natural. 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, argumentation, evaluation, qualification. Disciplines: reasoning, research, essay writing. Commonness: moderately common.