impalpability
- noun
- /ɪmˌpæl.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
:
incomprensibilidad
- His description of the complex theory was marked by a kind of impalpability that made it hard to follow.
Examples
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Despite her efforts to explain the concept, a sense of impalpability hung in the air, leaving the students confused.
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The artist's thoughts had a certain impalpability that left the audience in deep contemplation.
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One who has faded into impalpability through death, through absence.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A state where something is very hard to understand
1
9.9
A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for
1
9.9
A quality that makes facts and events impossible to find out or fully understand
1
9.9
Something that is very hard to understand
1
9.8
A state when something cannot be explained or understood
1
9.9
The state of being impossible to imagine or believe
1
9.9
A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes
Very hard to understand because the ideas are unclear or complicated
A quality of being impossible to get through or understand
Being impossible to imagine or understand
Antonyms
How Understandable
7
6.0
152
3.0
54
6.8
5
7.4
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
impalpability = impalpable (transparent) = im + palp + able + ity
The noun is a regular -ity nominalization of the adjective 'impalpable', so the meaning 'state of being impalpable' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Impalpability comes from the parts in- 'not' and palpable, which originally meant 'able to be touched' from a Latin word meaning 'to touch'. That's why impalpability can also mean something you cannot 'touch' with your mind or easily 'grasp', making it hard to understand.