unquestionability

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un·ques·tion·a·ble

(ŭn-kwĕs′chə-nə-bəl)

adj.

Beyond question or doubt. See Synonyms at authentic.

un·ques′tion·a·bil′i·ty, un′ques′tion·a·ble·ness n.

un·ques′tion·a·bly adv.

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Noun

unquestionability - the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt

indisputability, indubitability, unquestionableness

sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"

incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positiveness, positivity - the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about

demonstrability, provability - capability of being demonstrated or logically proved

givenness - the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed

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In opposition to the tradition and its perceived stability and unquestionability, the mutually probing dialogue between the two protagonists and the shifting narrative voice that leads James Parr to characterize the text as "slippery" avoid making or affirming pronouncements with any finality (15), effectively countering what Arthur Efron calls Dulcineism, "the belief that human life is satisfactorily conducted only if it is lived out in close accord with prescribed ideals of the received culture" (11).

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Additionally, due to the winemaker's or oenologist's name appearing explicitly on the sheet, wine evaluation is personal and committed, which turns out to be an advantage and a drawback at the same time: on the one hand the wine's quality can be credited to a specific person, but on the other the status of unquestionability traditionally enjoyed by their Spanish counterparts is irretrievably lost.

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The unquestionability of both progress and relativism died quietly in classrooms around the country.