Inconceivableness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
     conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.]
     Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind;
     not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known
     principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is
     inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular


     motion.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance
           should represent an extended figure.     --Locke.
     -- {In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any
           subject to possess it.                   --A. Tucker.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inconceivableness
       n : the state of being impossible to conceive [syn: {inconceivability}]