inscrutability

inscrutability
in·scrutability

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  • Inscrutability — In*scru ta*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • inscrutability — (n.) 1650s, from INSCRUTABLE (Cf. inscrutable) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • inscrutability — inscrutable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impossible to understand or interpret. DERIVATIVES inscrutability noun inscrutably adverb. ORIGIN Latin inscrutabilis, from in not + scrutari to search …   English terms dictionary

  • inscrutability — noun the quality of being impossible to investigate (Freq. 1) the inscrutability of the future • Derivationally related forms: ↑inscrutable • Hypernyms: ↑incomprehensibility …   Useful english dictionary

  • inscrutability of reference — The doctrine due to Quine that no empirical evidence relevant to interpreting a speaker s utterances can decide among alternative and incompatible ways of assigning referents to the words used; hence there is no fact that the words have one… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • inscrutability — noun see inscrutable …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • inscrutability — See inscrutable. * * * …   Universalium

  • inscrutability — noun The condition of being inscrutable See Also: inscrutableness, inscrutably …   Wiktionary

  • inscrutability — in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty || ɪn‚skruːtÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. quality of being incomprehensible, obscureness, mysteriousness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • inscrutability — n. See inscrutableness …   New dictionary of synonyms

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