unknowableness

un·know·a·ble (

n-n

-b

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 [ʌnˈnəʊəb^əl]

adj

1. incapable of being known or understood

a. beyond human understanding

b. (as noun) the unknowable

unknowableness , unknowability n

unknowably adv

Unknowable [ʌnˈnəʊəb^əl]

(Philosophy)

the Philosophy the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.

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

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Gnosticism
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knowable
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phenomenalism
philosophical doctrine
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So to the unfathomable twin horriblenesses of the economy and the environment, the President-elect may as well add the mysterious unknowableness of the space-time continuum.

Upfront: If the Change Fairy is in town.. by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

In fact, these embodiments repeatedly rather underline the ungraspable nature and unknowableness of death.

Embodiments of death in the novels of Lettie Viljoen/Ingrid ... by Human, Thys / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde

For Levinas, the primary attribute of the other is his or her radical alterity, or consummate unknowableness, and any notion of ethics or feelings of love must begin from this realization.

Man with a movie camera: Helen Molesworth on the art of Phil Collins by Molesworth, Helen / Artforum International

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