English

fallibilism

From fallible + -ism.

A compound of fallible + -ism

Latin fallō ‘to deceive’

Medieval Latin fallibilis ‘liable to err, also deceitful’

Middle English fallible

Today it means

noun The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction.

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Etymograph / fallibilism