incredibility

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noun

The quality of being incredible; incredibleness.

Opposite
Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounincredibility (countable and uncountable, plural incredibilities)

plural incredibilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being incredible; incredibleness.
  2. countableuncountableThat which is incredible.

    The repressed-memory therapists in Ms. Bikel's earlier documentaries were light on credentials and heavy on incredibility.

    1995 October 24, Walter Goodman, “TELEVISION REVIEW;Who Programmed Mary? Could It Be Satan?”, in The New York Times
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    But, as to its contents, who would believe such incredibilities as miracles, inspirations, or prophecies, or that God would command the perpetration of crimes like the destruction of the Canaanites?

    1857, The British Quarterly Review, volume 26, page 111

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being incredible

Opposite
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinincredibilitas
  2. Englishincredibility

From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity.

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APA

incredibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incredibility

MLA

“incredibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incredibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incredibility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incredibility.

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