[mass noun]the quality of being infallible; the inability to be wrong 无误,一贯正确 his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility. 他因相信自己一贯正确而削弱了判断力。 ■(亦作 papal infallibility)(in the Roman Catholic Church) the doctrine that in specified circumstances the Pope is incapable of error in pronouncing dogma (罗马天主教用语)教皇永无谬误论
语源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French infallibilité or medieval Latin infallibilitas (based on Latin fallere 'deceive')