incomprehensibilities
Things beyond understanding
Things that cannot be understood or grasped by the mind.
The word is almost always used with awareness of its own absurd length—often as an example of a long word rather than for its meaning: We used to compete to see who could spell incomprehensibilities fastest.
When used seriously, it refers to matters beyond human understanding: the incomprehensibilities of quantum physics.
Specialized professional vocabulary
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
- bureaucrateseWordy governmental language
technobabble · doublespeak · cryptic · evasive · equivocation · opacity · impenetrability · mumbo-jumbo
Study of fundamental truths
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- esotericAccessible to few
transcendental · immaterial · ethereal · intangible · ideational · epistemological · ontological · existential
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
nuance · subtlety · multifaceted · entanglement · interconnection · knottiness · involution · ramification
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
muddle · befuddlement · mystification · discombobulation · stupefaction · flummox · nonplus · head-scratching
Absence of precision
- equivocalUncertain in meaning
- unclearNot easily understood
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
nebulous · opaque · murky · indistinct · polysemy · uncertainty · imprecision · obscurity
jargon
Specialized professional vocabulary
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
bureaucratese · technobabble · doublespeak · cryptic · evasive · equivocation · opacity · impenetrability · mumbo-jumbo · obscurantism
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
esoteric · transcendental · immaterial · ethereal · intangible · ideational · epistemological · ontological · existential · ineffable
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
elaborateness · nuance · subtlety · multifaceted · entanglement · interconnection · knottiness · involution · ramification · labyrinthine
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- puzzlementState of being baffled
bafflement · muddle · befuddlement · mystification · discombobulation · stupefaction · flummox · nonplus · head-scratching · glazed eyes
vagueness
Absence of precision
ambiguous · nebulous · opaque · murky · indistinct · polysemy · uncertainty · imprecision · obscurity · indefiniteness
incomprehensibility, comprehensibility, incomprehensible, comprehensible, incomprehensibly, comprehensibly, comprehend, comprehends, comprehended