INERRANCY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

inerrancy

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as in infallibility

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Recent Examples of inerrancy Biblical inerrancy, or the belief the Bible is without error, was the core issue driving the conservatives’ activism. — Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024 By making a presumption of guilt and of the state’s inerrancy, the attorney general is repudiating the rule of law, which is grounded in the state’s obligation to prove its case. — Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026 Biblical inerrancy, which Noll points out had never before occupied such a central place in any Christian movement, became foundational. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2021 His defense of biblical inerrancy against the modernism of mainstream Bible scholars had laid the intellectual foundation for the future of evangelical Protestantism. — Austin Steelman / Made By History, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025 Conservatives took up Lindsell's call and turned the fight over biblical inerrancy into a battle to save the denomination and American society from the evils of liberalism. — Diana Butler Bass, CNN, 17 June 2021 Fundamentalists used biblical inerrancy, the idea that the Bible is without error in history, science or theology, as a test for theological faithfulness. — Susan M. Shaw, The Conversation, 16 June 2023

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But Anthony Fauci is a near-perfect example of the modern public health profession, someone who believes fanatically in his own infallibility.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
So has my understanding of what my friends might like, regardless of my belief in the infallibility of my personal taste.

— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026

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