inconceivability
State of being unimaginable
Inconceivability is the quality of being impossible to imagine or comprehend.
The word often carries rhetorical force, emphasizing how far something lies beyond normal understanding: The inconceivability of the universe's scale humbles us.
Sometimes used for dramatic effect about things that are merely very difficult to accept: the inconceivability of her betrayal.
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- unrealizableImpossible to achieve
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- impracticableImpossible to implement
infeasible · unworkable · improbability · implausibility · absurdity · impossibility · undoable · hopelessness
Beyond mental conception
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
mind-boggling · incomprehension · inscrutable · indescribable · inexpressible · ineffable · bewildering · baffling
Philosophy of existence's nature
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
eternity · nothingness · solipsism · ontology · epistemology · dialectic · ineffability · sublime
Causing intense surprise
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- astoundingShockingly impressive
- astonishingCausing great wonder
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
incredible · unforeseeable · unanticipated · startling · overwhelming · disbelief · incredulity · speechlessness
unattainable
Impossible to acquire
- unachievableCannot be accomplished
- unrealizableImpossible to achieve
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
impracticable · infeasible · unworkable · improbability · implausibility · absurdity · impossibility · undoable · hopelessness · futility
unimaginable
Beyond mental conception
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
ungraspable · mind-boggling · incomprehension · inscrutable · indescribable · inexpressible · ineffable · bewildering · baffling · mystifying
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
infinity · eternity · nothingness · solipsism · ontology · epistemology · dialectic · ineffability · sublime · absolute
shocking
Causing intense surprise
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- astoundingShockingly impressive
- astonishingCausing great wonder
staggering · incredible · unforeseeable · unanticipated · startling · overwhelming · disbelief · incredulity · speechlessness · wonderment
- unbelievableunbelievable, incredible, implausible, unthinkable, unimaginable
inconceivabilityconceivability
Capacity to be imagined
imaginability · graspability · comprehensibility · fathomability · possibility
inconceivabilitycomprehensibility
Clarity of meaning
understandability · clarity · transparency · lucidity · intelligibility
inconceivabilityimaginability
Ability to be envisioned
conceivability · representability · obviousness · self-evidence · intuitiveness
concept, conceive, conception, misconception, conceived, conceptual, conceivable, inconceivable, preconception