Meanings
plural incredibilities
- countableuncountableThe quality of being incredible; incredibleness.
- 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 Times1 more example
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
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Origin
- Latinincredibilitas
- Englishincredibility
From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity.
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