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Meaning of "unknowable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNKNOWABLE

unknowable  [ʌnˈnəʊəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNKNOWABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unknowable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNKNOWABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unknowable

Agnosticism

Agnosticism is the view that the truth values of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, as well as other religious and metaphysical claims—are unknown or unknowable. According to the philosopher William L. Rowe, in the popular sense, an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of a deity or deities, whereas a theist and an atheist believe and disbelieve, respectively. Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist, coined the word agnostic in 1869. However, earlier thinkers have written works that promoted agnostic points of view. These thinkers include Sanjaya Belatthaputta, a 5th-century BCE Indian philosopher who expressed agnosticism about any afterlife, Protagoras, a 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher was agnostic about the gods. The Nasadiya Sukta in the Rigveda is agnostic about the origin of the universe. Since the time that Huxley coined the term, many other thinkers have extensively written about agnosticism.

Definition of unknowable in the English dictionary

The definition of unknowable in the dictionary is incapable of being known or understood. Other definition of unknowable is beyond human understanding.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNKNOWABLE


allowable
əˈlaʊəbəl
arguable
ˈɑːɡjʊəbəl
foreknowable
fɔːˈnəʊəbəl
growable
ˈɡrəʊəbəl
inarguable
ɪnˈɑːɡjʊəbəl
invaluable
ɪnˈvæljʊəbəl
issuable
ˈɪʃjʊəbəl
knowable
ˈnəʊəbəl
ploughable
ˈplaʊəbəl
rowable
ˈrəʊəbəl
sewable
ˈsəʊəbəl
showable
ˈʃəʊəbəl
stowable
ˈstəʊəbəl
swallowable
ˈswɒləʊəbəl
towable
ˈtəʊəbəl
unallowable
ˌʌnəˈlaʊəbəl
unarguable
ʌnˈɑːɡjʊəbəl
unforeknowable
ˌʌnfɔːˈnəʊəbəl
unshadowable
ʌnˈʃædəʊəbəl
valuable
ˈvæljʊəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNKNOWABLE

unknightliness
unknightly
unknit
unknitted
unknitting
unknot
unknowability
unknowableness
unknowably
unknowing
unknowingly
unknowingness
unknowledgeable
unknown
unknown country
unknown factor
unknown quantity
Unknown Soldier
Unknown Warrior
unknownness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNKNOWABLE

able
chewable
disallowable
disavowable
dowable
drawable
followable
gnawable
hewable
nonrenewable
plowable
renewable
reviewable
screwable
sowable
stewable
the Unknowable
unchewable
unreviewable
viewable
withdrawable

Synonyms and antonyms of unknowable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unknowable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNKNOWABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不可知
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incognoscible
570 millions of speakers

English

unknowable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अज्ञेय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجهول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непознаваемое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incognoscível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অজ্ঞেয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inconnaissable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat diketahui
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbegreiflich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不可知の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unknowable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể biết được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறியவியலாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अजिंक्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bilinemeyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inconoscibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepoznawalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непізнаване
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necunoscut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγνωστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onkenbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovetbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ukjennelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unknowable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKNOWABLE»

The term «unknowable» is regularly used and occupies the 79.390 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKNOWABLE» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNKNOWABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unknowable.
1
Chris Abani
That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.
2
Martin Amis
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One flaw: sometimes, early on, she would tell me things designed to make me think less of my mother, and I would wave her away, saying, 'Jane, this just backfires and makes me think less of you.'
3
Zygmunt Bauman
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
4
Leonard Bernstein
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
5
Elizabeth Gilbert
But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons.
6
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.
7
Rene Magritte
My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.
8
Abraham Robinson
As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.
9
Michael Sheen
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.
10
Leslie Stephen
If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNKNOWABLE»

Discover the use of unknowable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unknowable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Unknowable
This essential companion volume to Chaitin's highly successful "The Limits of Mathematics", also published by Springer, gives a brilliant historical survey of the work of this century on the foundations of mathematics, in which the author ...
Gregory J. Chaitin, 1999
2
Managing the Unknowable: Strategic Boundaries Between Order ...
In this ingeneous work, author Ralph D. Stacey shows managers how powerful planning is based on understanding and directing the complex, often chaotic, daily interactions that take place in business.
Ralph D. Stacey, 1992
3
Rethinking the Fifth Discipline: Learning Within the Unknowable
Explains the ideas of The Fifth Discipline and critiques the ideas in straightforward terms. Flood establishes crucial developments in this area in the context of the learning organisation, including creativity and organisational change.
Robert Louis Flood, 2002
4
Knowing the Unknowable: Science and the Religions on God and ...
This book explores that special territory perceived by Einstein: where the unknown takes over from everything that is understandable, familiar, explicable.
John Bowker, 2008
5
The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the Unknowable
This book is both an invitation to contemplation and an exercise in humility. Boyer and Hall bring together theology and spirituality in a way that will help both seasoned travelers and new pilgrims on the road of faith.
Steven D. Boyer, Christopher A. Hall, 2012
6
The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable in Financial Risk ...
These are issues whose resolution will determine the nature of the world financial architecture going forward. They will be actively discussed in the months and years ahead, and this volume represents an invaluable resource in this debate.
Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, 2010
7
Evolution of the Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the ...
Diet is key to understanding the ecology and evolution of our distant ancestors and their kin, the early hominians. This work offers an appreciation of the range of foods eaten by our progenitors.
Peter S. Ungar, 2007
8
The Knowable and the Unknowable: Modern Science, ...
A welcome intervention in the science vs. humanities debate
Arkady Plotnitsky, 2002
9
The Real is Unknowable, the Knowable is Unreal
Readers will leave the book with a satisfying conclusion to a brief, luminous work that can be read again and again.
Robert Powell, 2005
10
Flaws and Fallacies in Statistical Thinking
Unknowable Statistics The term Unknowable Statistic is another one coined by Daniel Seligman, the author mentioned in connection with Meaningless Statistics in the preceding chapter.1 According to Seligman, an Unknowable Statistic is ...
Stephen K. Campbell, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNKNOWABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unknowable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Motherlode | A Foster Parent, Contemplating an Unknowable Future
I cleaned out my wallet this week. It was full and unorganized with receipts and notes and scraps of paper threatening to spill out each time I opened the top flap. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Howard Marks: Investing in an Unknowable Future
Howard Marks: Investing in an Unknowable Future. Oaktree's chief .... The Unknowable Future. It seems most ... Coping with the Unknowable Future. Here's the ... «Barron's, Jun 15»
3
Tri Angle Records' Secret Narrative of "Strange, Unknowable, Icky …
Since its inception in 2010, Tri Angle Records has served as the crossroads where leftfield pop meets spectral R&B, cybernetic hip-hop meets atonal noise, ... «VICE, May 15»
4
Lincare Says 'Arcane' FCA Suit Based on Unknowable Regs
Law360, Washington (May 4, 2015, 8:14 PM ET) -- Medical supplier Lincare Inc. called on a Florida federal court to toss a False Claims Act suit alleging ... «Law360, May 15»
5
The Unknowable Truth of Rajon Rondo
At the time, with the numbers somewhere in the middle and the explanations on polar ends, the truth felt unknowable. As the years passed, fanfare slowly ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 15»
6
The Most Important Story of the Next 10 Years Is Always Unknowable
The biggest news story of the 2000s was 9/11. On Jan. 1, 2000, there's no way you could have known that. The biggest news story of the 1990s was probably the ... «Motley Fool, Apr 15»
7
Remembering Sylvester Clarke, cricket's feared and unknowable
In the early 1980s batsmen were scared of Clarke's frightening pace and unpredictability. He could have been a contender but, like the great but flawed Sonny ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
LightSquared's Ch. 11 Exit Depends On The Unknowable
Law360, New York (March 6, 2015, 6:59 PM ET) -- The three-year scramble for control of LightSquared Inc. will come to a head on Monday when the wireless ... «Law360, Mar 15»
9
Derrick Rose's latest injury, the unknown and the unknowable
In the emotional aftermath of such a gut-punching dose of news, the questions of why and how take on added weight. Why did this happen to Derrick Rose again ... «CBSSports.com, Feb 15»
10
Rise Up: The Unstoppable, Unknowable Willie Phoenix
Rise Up: The Unstoppable, Unknowable Willie Phoenix. Photo by Jodi Miller Willie Phoenix plays at The Mudflats Bar and Grill in Galena. Photo by Jodi Miller ... «Columbus Monthly, Jan 15»

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