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unknowable

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un·know·a·ble  (n-n-bl)
adj.
Impossible to know, especially being beyond the range of human experience or understanding: the unknowable mysteries of life.
un·knowa·bili·ty, un·knowa·ble·ness n.
un·knowa·ble n.
un·knowa·bly adv.
unknowable [ʌnˈnəʊəbəl]
adj
1. incapable of being known or understood
2.
a.  beyond human understanding
b.  (as noun) the unknowable
unknowableness , unknowability n
unknowably  adv
Unknowable [ʌnˈnəʊəbəl]
n
(Philosophy)
the Philosophy the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unknowable - not knowable; "the unknowable mysteries of life"
cognisable, cognizable, cognoscible, knowable - capable of being known
Translations
unknowable [ˈʌnˈnəʊəbl] ADJ (esp liter) → inconocible
the unknowable → lo inconocible
unknowable
adj truths → unbegreiflich, unfassbar; person → verschlossen
n the Unknowable → das Unfassbare
unknowable [ʌnˈnəʊəbl] adj → inconoscibile
unknowable [ʌnˈnəʊəbl] adj → inconoscibile


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Battle royal was waged, amid the smoking of many cigarettes and the expectoration of much tobacco-juice, wherein the tramp successfully held his own, even when a socialist workman sneered, "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
It was a mystical city in which the imagination faltered like one who steps out of the light into darkness; the soul walked naked to and fro, knowing the unknowable, and conscious strangely of experience, intimate but inexpressible, of the absolute.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Further, by the dim, shadowy ways of intuition, he knew his weakness in that merciless sea with no heart of warmth, that threatened the unknowable thing, vaguely but terribly guessed, namely, death.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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