Meanings
noununknowability (countable and uncountable, plural unknowabilities)
plural unknowabilities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being unknowable.
At the end of her book we feel we know these couples as intimately as if we were part of their circle, but the ultimate nature of each relationship is left inviolate in its unknowability.
2007 June 24, Tina Brown, “Couples”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishknowability
- Englishunknowability
From un- + knowability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech nepoznatelnost
- nepoznatelnostquality or state of being unknowable
German Unerkennbarkeit
- Unerkennbarkeitquality or state of being unknowable
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APA
unknowability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowability
MLA
“unknowability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unknowability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unknowability.
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