Incomprehensibility

Incomprehensibility
Incomprehensibility In*com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Cf. F. incompr['e]hensibilit['e].] The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability. [1913 Webster]

The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christian faith. --South. [1913 Webster]


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  • incomprehensibility — index complication, incoherence, opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • incomprehensibility — (n.) 1640s, from Fr. incompréhensibilité (16c.); see INCOMPREHENSIBLE (Cf. incomprehensible) …   Etymology dictionary

  • incomprehensibility — incomprehensible ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be understood. DERIVATIVES incomprehensibility noun incomprehensibly adverb incomprehension noun …   English terms dictionary

  • incomprehensibility — noun see incomprehensible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incomprehensibility — See incomprehensible. * * * …   Universalium

  • incomprehensibility — noun The condition of being incomprehensible …   Wiktionary

  • incomprehensibility — n. quality of being impossible to understand, inconceivability; quality of being unintelligiblein·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty || ‚ɪnkÉ‘mprɪhensÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ / kÉ’m …   English contemporary dictionary

  • incomprehensibility — n. 1. Inconceivableness, incomprehensibleness, inexhaustibleness, unfathomableness, unimaginable character. 2. Unthinkableness, incogitability, unintelligibility, inability to be understood …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • incomprehensibility — in·comprehensibility …   English syllables

  • incomprehensibility — noun the quality of being incomprehensible • Ant: ↑comprehensibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑incomprehensible • Hypernyms: ↑quality • Hyponyms: ↑inscrut …   Useful english dictionary

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