Unknowability
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being unknowable. countable, uncountable
"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."
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From un- + knowability.
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