Impenetrability

Synonyms for "impenetrability" (23 found)

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epistemic qualityincomprehensibilitylinguistic propertymaterial propertyphysical propertyqualitytext complexitytheoretical property

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bulletproofingconceptual opacityepistemic opacitysemantic opacitysoundproofingtextual obscuritytheoretical opacity

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barrier impenetrabilitydegree of impenetrabilityimpenetrability to lightimpenetrability to soundmaterial impenetrabilityphysical impenetrability

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1651, uncredited translator, Naturall Philosophie Reformed by Divine Light, or, A Synopsis of Physicks by J. A. Comenius, London: Thomas Pierrepont, Chapter 4, “Of the tangible quality,” Humidity (or humour) is the liquidnesse of the parts of the body, and aptnesse to be penetrated by one another; siccity on the contrary is a consistency, and an impenetrability of the parts of the body.

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What does Don Carlos Gould think of that? But, of course, with his English impenetrability, nobody can tell what he thinks.

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1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not ..., Part I, Chapter 7, in Parade's End, New York: Knopf, 1950, p. 137, He watched intently the place where she must appear; it would give him pointers about the impenetrability of mist to the eye.

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If everybody came to agree that stories should be told this clearly, the professors of literature would be out of a job, and the writers of obscure, encoded fiction would be, not honored, but pitied for their impenetrability.

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