Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being inconceivable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness.
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- noun uncountable The quality of being
inconceivable . - noun countable Something
inconceivable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being impossible to conceive
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Examples
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His inconceivability is the foundation of His immeasurableness.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The possibility that there is no life after death, no paranormal events, no God and no greater meaning to their existence ponies up an unimaginably vast array of negative emotions as to the "inconceivability" of the above.
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Heredity and the origin of life must be taken into account; the "inconceivability" of the process has some weight; and the apparent infringement of the law of Conservation of Energy is a serious objection.
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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Distinction between "inconceivability" in a formal or symbolical, and in a material or realisable sense.
A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871
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Distinction between "inconceivability" in an absolute and in a relative sense.
A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871
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"inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense.
A Candid Examination of Theism George John Romanes 1871
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Simple back-of-the-envelope arithmetic will demonstrate the new inconceivability of our being the only intelligent beings in the universe.
Across the Universe 2009
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Simple back-of-the-envelope arithmetic will demonstrate the new inconceivability of our being the only intelligent beings in the universe.
Across the Universe 2009
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Simple back-of-the-envelope arithmetic will demonstrate the new inconceivability of our being the only intelligent beings in the universe.
Across the Universe 2009
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One conference panelist, Sylvia Math é of the Universit é de Provence, pondered the inconceivability of Updike "being born in the West."
Keystone to Updike's Imagination Anthony Paletta 2010
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