indescribability
English
Noun
indescribability (countable and uncountable, plural indescribabilities)
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- 1992, H. M. Vroom, "Can Religious Experience Be Shared?," in On Sharing Religious Experience ed. by J. D. Gort et al., Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, p. 7,
- This emphasis on the indescribability of God in intense religious experience is consistently found in the more mystical religious traditions.
- 1992, H. M. Vroom, "Can Religious Experience Be Shared?," in On Sharing Religious Experience ed. by J. D. Gort et al., Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, p. 7,
- (countable) Something which cannot be described.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 2,
- The clothed embodied justice that sits in Westminster Hall, with penalties, parchments, tipstaves, is very visible. But the unembodied justice, whereof that other is either an emblem, or else is a fearful indescribability, is not so visible!
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 2,
Synonyms
- indescribableness
- undescribableness
Antonyms
- describability
- describableness
Translations
the state or characteristic of being indescribable
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