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Meaning of "indefinability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDEFINABILITY

indefinability  [ˌɪndɪˌfaɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEFINABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indefinability 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 INDEFINABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indefinability in the English dictionary

The definition of indefinability in the dictionary is the quality of being indefinable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDEFINABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEFINABILITY

indefeasibility
indefeasible
indefeasibleness
indefeasibly
indefectibility
indefectible
indefectibly
indefensibility
indefensible
indefensibleness
indefensibly
indefinable
indefinableness
indefinably
indefinite
indefinite article
indefinite integral
indefinite pronoun
indefinitely
indefiniteness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEFINABILITY

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 indefinability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indefinability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEFINABILITY

Find out the translation of indefinability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indefinability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indefinability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

indefinability
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indefinibilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

indefinability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indefinability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indefinability
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неопределимости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indefinibilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indefinability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indéfinissabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakpatuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Undefinierbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

indefinability
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

indefinability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indefinability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indefinability
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indefinability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indefinability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indefinibilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indefinability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неопределимости
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indefinability
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

indefinability
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indefinability
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indefinability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indefinability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indefinability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINABILITY»

The term «indefinability» is used very little and occupies the 188.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indefinability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indefinability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEFINABILITY»

Discover the use of indefinability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indefinability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Indefinability: An Essay in the Philosophy of Cognition
In criticising the logicians' naive hope of building a purely logical representation of the world, Josephine Pasternak proposes a categorical approach to cognition that avoids the pitfalls of classical and modern logic.
Zhozefina Leonidovna Pasternak, Arne Friemuth Petersen, 1999
2
From Frege to Wittgenstein : Perspectives on Early Analytic ...
Frege. on. the. Indefinability. of. Truth. Hans Sluga rz The content of the word 'true ' is altogether unique and indefinable”-—so Frege in his 1918 essay "The Thought."1 The provocative remark has caused his interpreters some embarrassment, ...
Riverside Erich H. Reck Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of California, 2001
3
G E Moore
The central theme in Moore's ethics, as has been noted earlier, is the concept of the indefinability of 'good' which is simple and non-natural. And to this basic concept are related the other value-concepts such as 'right', 'wrong', 'ought', 'duty',  ...
Abdul Hamid, 1989
4
A History of Indian Philosophy
Indefinability of World-appearance. It is urged by Vyasa-tirtha that it is difficult for the Sankarites to prove that the world-appearance is indefinable (anirvdcya), whatever may be the meaning of such a term. Thus, since it is called indefinable,  ...
Surendranath Dasgupta, 1991
5
Niels Bohr's Philosophy of Physics
The positivist argument for the indefinability thesis Bohr is generally taken to have held, not only that the exact simultaneous position and momentum of an object cannot be measured, but also that an object cannot meaningfully be said to ...
D. R. Murdoch, 1989
6
Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of Language and Logic
5. Indefinability. and. Inconsistency. Our discussion of Tarski's Intuitionistic Formalist treatment of truth in §§ 2–4 of CTFL concerned material that seems to have been developed by 1931 ([Hodges, 2008, 1206]) and merely polished for the ...
Douglas Patterson, 2012
7
G. E. Moore's Ethical Theory: Resistance and Reconciliation
1. Simplicity,. Indefinability,. Nonnaturalness. Lay of the Land The revolution G. E. Moore wishes to effect in Principia Ethica begins with his famous claim that the property good is simple, indefinable, and nonnatural. Upon their full recognition ...
Brian Hutchinson, 2001
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The Contribution of Anandabodha to Advaita
In either case avidya would persist and there would be no avidyanivrtti and hence no release. As against this it may be said that if removability (nivrtrimatva) is taken as the limiting adjunct of indefinability (anirvacaniyatva), avidyanivrtti can  ...
E. I. Warrier, 1995
9
Complexity and Dynamics
The indefinability theorem is conventionally attributed toAlfred Tarski. Gödel also discovered the indefinability theorem in 1930, while proving his incompleteness theorems published in 1931, and well before the 1936 publication of Tarski's ...
By Wikipedians
10
The Advaita Tradition in Indian Philosophy: A Study of ...
says that avidya is indescribable in the sense that it cannot be described either as real or as unreal, and not in the sense that nothing whatsoever can be said about it.2 This indefinability or inconsistency of avidya is not its defect, but its merit.3 ...
Candradhara Śarmā, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEFINABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indefinability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'My Daughter Knows More About the World than I do'
Her hinterland may be in the public domain, but here in the present, Cardiff-born Matthews is paradoxically defined by her indefinability. A keen ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Second Coming review – mysterious drama with a heart of gold
More than once I was reminded of the indefinability of Carol Morley's The Falling, with its almost subliminal flashes of Jungian interactivity, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Minimalism Unwrapped @ Kings Place, London
Perhaps the indefinability of minimalism as a musical genre or style made this concert such an odd, eclectic affair. On paper the programme ... «musicOMH.com, Apr 15»
4
Hungarian and Community registrations for same clothing design …
... legal ground (lack of novelty and lack of individual character), without addressing the alleged indefinability of the presentation of the design. «International Law Office, Apr 15»
5
ALBUM REVIEW: Carrie and Lowell
As a result, Stevens' oeuvre has become defined by its indefinability. His most recent album, however, Carrie and Lowell—which was released ... «Lamron, Apr 15»
6
Suggestions to High-School Students for Reading Shakespeare …
... instead of luxuriating in their infinite indefinability. We cannot even understand ourselves, let alone others like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
7
Mash-Ups Are Back, And This Time It's Serious
By embracing the "mess-up," Kablam is questioning the relationship between power and classification, and offering indefinability as an ... «The FADER, Mar 15»
8
Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age
This indefinability in turn gives rise to a paradox: "although we do not know what we are treating, we are treating it better" (page 73). «Metapsychology, Feb 15»
9
How start-up Sofi got Dan Murphy's to put spritzer in the mix
Indefinability has been part of spritzers' problem, according to a competitor in the nascent category. “It's been a challenging period” admits ... «BRW, Dec 14»
10
The Crisis in Secular Studies
Musing on the consequences of indefinability, and the singularity of Asad's contribution, Jon Wilson goes the full Foucault: "Secularism is not a ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Sep 14»

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