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indefensibility

Meaning of "indefensibility" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INDEFENSIBILITY

ˈɪndɪˌfənsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEFENSIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indefensibility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDEFENSIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indefensibility in the English dictionary

The definition of indefensibility in the dictionary is unjustifiability.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDEFENSIBILITY

ability · accessibility · accountability · availability · capability · compatibility · disability · durability · eligibility · flexibility · inability · liability · mobility · nobility · possibility · probability · reliability · responsibility · stability · visibility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEFENSIBILITY

indefatigable · indefatigableness · indefatigably · indefeasibility · indefeasible · indefeasibleness · indefeasibly · indefectibility · indefectible · indefectibly · indefensible · indefensibleness · indefensibly · indefinability · indefinable · indefinableness · indefinably · indefinite · indefinite article · indefinite integral

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEFENSIBILITY

agility · credibility · facility · feasibility · fertility · functionality · hostility · humility · inevitability · instability · merchantability · profitability · suitability · susceptibility · sustainability · tranquility · usability · utility · variability · versatility · vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of indefensibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indefensibility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEFENSIBILITY

Find out the translation of indefensibility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of indefensibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indefensibility» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

indefensibility
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

indefensión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

indefensibility
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

indefensibility
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indefensibility
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

indefensibility
278 millions of speakers
pt

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indefensibility
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

indefensibility
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

indéfendable
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dipertahankan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Unhaltbarkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

indefensibility
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

indefensibility
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Indefensibilitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể bỏ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

indefensibility
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

indefensibility
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

insostenibilità
65 millions of speakers
pl

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indefensibility
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

indefensibility
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

indefensibility
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

indefensibility
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverganklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indefensibility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indefensibility
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indefensibility

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indefensibility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEFENSIBILITY»

Discover the use of indefensibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indefensibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hard Choices: Decision Making Under Unresolved Conflict
He does claim that such self-knowledge is indefensible in a sense that slightly extends J. Hin- tikka's (1962) conception of doxastic indefensibility. Schick's argument, however, fails to sustain this conclusion. The type of doxastic indefensibility ...
Isaac Levi, 1990
2
Epistemology: Indian Philosophy
indefensibility)'I. amawarethatI amaware thatp',but 'a is awarethat. p'. doesnot. virtually. imply (virtual implication being defined in terms of indefensibility. simpliciter). 'a is aware that he is aware that. p'.If. Hintikka's argument isright,then it lends ...
Roy W. Perrett, 2013
3
Life of the Transcendental Ego: Essays in Honor of William Earle
... for the most part, admits to be irrelevant. The cause of peace cannot. On. the. Indefensibility. of. War. Surrealism and the Movies: From A to Miss Zed Earle. 1Indiana University Press, 1976. 163 On the Indefensibility of ERROL E HARRIS.
Edward S. Casey, Donald V. Morano, 1986
4
Moral Combat: The Dilemma of Legal Perspectivalism
Chapter. 3. The. Indefensibility. of. Practical. Authority. We come now to the third presupposition of the dilemma of legal per- spectivalism that I sketched in Chapter 1 - the presupposition that the law lacks the authority to provide citizens with an ...
Heidi Hurd, 1999
5
New Testament Studies
In spite of the opposition of Credner,1 B. Weiss, Klostermann, Zahn, Renan, Hobart, Ramsay, Hawkins, Plummer, Vogel, Blass, and others, the indefensibility of the tradition is regarded as being so clearly established that nowadays it is ...
Adolf von Harnack, 1909
6
Luke the Physician: The Author of the Third Gospel and the ...
In spite of the opposition of Credner,1 B. Weiss, Klostermann, Zahn, Renan, Hobart, Ramsay, Hawkins, Plummer, Vogel, Blass, and others, the indefensibility of the tradition is regarded as being so clearly established- that nowadays it is ...
Adolf von Harnack, William Douglas Morrison, 1907
7
Luke the Physician: The Author of the Third Gospel and the ...
In spite of the opposition of Credner,1 B. Weiss, Klostermann, Zahn, Renan, Hobart, Ramsay, Hawkins, Plummer, Vogel, Blass, and others, the indefensibility of the tradition is regarded as being so clearly established that nowadays it is ...
Adolf von Harnack, 1907
8
Studies in Text Grammar
Calling the proposition that the earth is round 'p' a simple proof of the doxastic indefensibility of the first variant of (4) can be given using Hintikka's definition and bis method of model systems : (1) (2) (3) Ba(p-~Bap)en*, (4) (5) (6) (7) ...
János S. Petöfi, Hannes Rieser, 1973
9
The Global Governance Reader
6 See Henry D. Jacoby and David M. Reiner, 'Getting climate policy on track after The Hague: an update', reprinted in this volume; also Shardul Agrawala and Steinar Andresen, 'Indispensability and Indefensibility? The United States in the ...
Rorden Wilkinson, 2005
10
Presuppositions and Discourse: Essays Offered to Hans Kamp
We may further define the notion of doxastic implication in terms of doxastic indefensibility. Doxastic implication. j doxastically implies c just in case the set {j, : Bc} is doxastically indefensible. Given the definition of defensibility it can easily be ...
Rainer Bauerle, Uwe Reyle, Thomas Zimmermann, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEFENSIBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indefensibility is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The EU's Indefensibility
AP/PTI. View From Britain. The EU's Indefensibility. EU has succumbed so catastrophically to reactionary forces that there is little left to defend. «Outlook, Jul 15»
2
The Many Problems of the EPA's Clean Power Plan and Climate …
[37] Several news outlets have reported that the EPA will not include a CCS mandate because legal experts have pointed out its indefensibility. «The Moral Liberal, Jul 15»
3
Eva Bradley: Our planet is in peril, time's running out
Ever since David Lange insouciantly gave the US a verbal one-fingered salute with his speech on the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
4
Tel Aviv must be sanctioned
Similar claptrap about the “indefensibility” of the 1967 ceasefire line ignores the reality that there has been no breach of Israel's borders from the state's ... «Morning Star Online, Jun 15»
5
ACLU Loses Bid for CIA's Charts on Drone Strikes
"Indeed, the CIA itself now appears to have recognized the indefensibility of its position," Garland wrote. On remand, the CIA acknowledged the ... «Courthouse News Service, Jun 15»
6
Scientific Innovation: An Overlooked Casualty of Russia's Crises
Russia's defining characteristic is its geographic indefensibility. To maintain security, Moscow must rely on a strong, often authoritarian central ... «STRATFOR, Jun 15»
7
Profile of Steven Weinberg: from The End of Science
But Weinberg was acutely aware of the philosophical indefensibility of this position. He recognized that “the techniques by which we decide on ... «Scientific American, May 15»
8
Whitehall's secrets to be revealed as ministers ordered to produce …
“His determination to avoid conceding the indefensibility of what he had said further reduced our confidence in his evidence.” On appeal, Mr ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
9
Canada: Negligence Of Public Authorities – "We Have Been Using A …
The idea would be to apply the concepts of "unacceptability" or "indefensibility" of government actions to determine whether to award monetary ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
10
The Horrible, Destructive Power of Gossip
Even more insidious is the intentioned indefensibility against gossip. The one gossiped about is never granted the luxury of presenting a ... «Santa Barbara View, Apr 15»
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