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Meaning of "insatiability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSATIABILITY

insatiability  [ɪnˌseɪʃəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSATIABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insatiability 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 INSATIABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Insatiability

Insatiability is a novel by the Polish writer, dramatist, philosopher, painter and photographer, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Nienasycenie was written in 1927 and first published in 1930. It is his third novel, considered by many to be his best. It consists of two parts: Przebudzenie and Obłęd.

Definition of insatiability in the English dictionary

The definition of insatiability in the dictionary is the quality or state of not being able to be satisfied or satiated or of being greedy or unappeasable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSATIABILITY


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 INSATIABILITY

insalubrious
insalubriously
insalubrity
insalutary
insane
insanely
insaneness
insanie
insanitariness
insanitary
insanitation
insanities
insanity
insatiable
insatiableness
insatiably
insatiate
insatiately
insatiateness
insatiety

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSATIABILITY

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 insatiability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «insatiability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSATIABILITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

不知足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insaciabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

insatiability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लोभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ненасытность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insaciabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

insatiability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insatiabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat diterima
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unersättlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

insatiability
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

insatiability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Insatiability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không nhàm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

insatiability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतोनात अडचण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doymazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insaziabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nienasycenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ненаситність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insatiability
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακόρεστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverzadelijkheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

insatiability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

insatiability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insatiability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSATIABILITY»

The term «insatiability» is normally little used and occupies the 137.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSATIABILITY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «INSATIABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insatiability.
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Will Cotton
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSATIABILITY»

Discover the use of insatiability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insatiability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insatiability
In the future a degenerate Western society becomes obssessed with an hallucinogenic drug, allowing the Chinese to take over Europe without any resistance
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1996
2
The Insatiability of Human Wants: Economics and Aesthetics ...
The story told in "The Insatiability of Human Wants" begins in the 1870s, a key transitional moment in aesthetics and economics, when both disciplines underwent a turn from production to consumption models.
Regenia Gagnier, 2000
3
Ready or Not, Here Life Comes
Insatiability, a highly specific lifelong trait of certain people, can illustrate the drama of ignored traits. As a clinician I have encountered numerous patients whose chronic insatiability dates back to the earliest months of their lives. They are likely ...
Mel Levine, 2005
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INSATIABILITY (1930) Witkacy's second major novel, Insatiability — begun immediately after Farewell to Autumn and ... bol- shevized states of Western Europe makes Insatiability one of the most prophetic works of twentieth-century fiction, and ...
Daniel Charles Gerould, Gerould D
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Rethinking Materialism: Perspectives on the Spiritual ...
Life in the cage is predicated on insatiability. The cage perceives correctly that human "wants cannot be satiated" (Thurow 1980, 120), but it resists the notion that striving to satisfy them by economic means only encloses human beings into a ...
Robert Wuthnow, 1995
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Identifying Consumption: Subjects and Objects in Consumer ...
Conclusive explanations of a problem as complex and vexing as consumer insatiability remain elusive. Chronic marginal dissatisfaction, as we have seen, is attributable to a host of factors, including both the nature of desire and the workings ...
Robert G. Dunn, 2008
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Morals from Motives
I have in other contexts spent a great deal of time talking about the virtue/ rationality of moderation and the vice/irrationality of insatiability; and I hope I will be excused for entering into this topic one more time, because the arguments I shall be ...
College Park Michael Slote Professor of Philosophy University of Maryland, 2001
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The Myth Of Laziness: How Kids - and Parents - Can Become ...
In this book Dr Levine draws heavily on his years of clinical experience to construct the stories of representative children and adults who failed to be productive for the most common reasons.
Mel Levine, 2012
9
The Self Awakened: Pragmatism Unbound
This insatiability is not something that we can ever overcome without doing violence to our humanity. If we cast a spell on ourselves to quiet insatiable desire and offer to one another serene and distant benevolence rather than dangerous love, ...
Roberto Mangabeira Unger, 2007
10
Psychology and the Economic Mind: Cognitive Processes and ...
Although the focus is primarily on insatiable demands in the financial sphere, we can generalize these processes to other aspects of insatiability including drug and alcohol addiction, body dysmorphic disorder, compulsive and narcissistic ...
Robert L. Leahy, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSATIABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insatiability is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama Using the Charleston Tragedy to Infringe on Your Gun …
Once again, we see both the ineffectiveness and the insatiability of gun control. To the extent that anyone is allowed to own a gun, that ... «The Moral Liberal, Jul 15»
2
Grant Millin, Asheville resident since 1980 and management …
... taxes up to compensate for anemic 'intergovernmental' (state and Federal) tax revenues is one of many clear paths to insatiability we are on. «Mountain Xpress, Jul 15»
3
Beijing Is Finally Getting Serious About Climate Change
Employment is key for stability, and few provincial leaders want to risk the social insatiability that could come with massive coal sector layoffs. «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
4
Who Killed Amy Winehouse?
But the film also raises the question of our own culpability, the culture that consumed with rabid insatiability every shot, footage, and news story ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
5
Top 10 Ways to make history interesting by Natalie Livingstone
Anna Maria, the first mistress of Cliveden, had a long-standing reputation for insatiability, sexual rapacity and cruelty, which turned out to have ... «FemaleFirst.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
China's Stock Market - Worst Plunge in Years
... and that the bubble might start bursting any day on any signs of global economic insatiability. The same is true about American stock market, ... «Financialbuzz.com, Jun 15»
7
Album Review: Miguel – Wildheart
The title Wildheart seems to reference a carnal insatiability, an untamed approach to romantic love and hedonism spelled out more explicitly in ... «Consequence of Sound, Jun 15»
8
Athlete of the year: Young a driving force for Essex
If there's a reason why, beyond her fleet feet and her handiwork, chalk it up to her insatiability. "She's basically a sponge," Maddalena said. «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jun 15»
9
T-Mobile's big PR blitz is backfiring in Washington
Citing a perceived over-reliance on simplistic David-and-Goliath themes and an irritating insatiability for political favors, T-Mobile's critics argue ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
Cookie Monster Raps Busta Rhymes' “Gimme Some More …
... to be performing “Gimme Some More” by Busta Rhymes—an appropriate song choice for the muppet, given his notorious insatiability. «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»

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