impregnability

Examples

• All

• Coolness is an aesthetic of the streets, a style of deportment specifically designed to alert potential predators of one's impregnability to assault.

  Academic text (1999)

• Some have also started to question America's impregnability; the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, highlighted the United States' vulnerability and were quickly followed up with increasing calls for Tokyo to revise Article 9.

  Academic text (2003)

• In the congealed world of the spectacle, intervention in the form of critical seeing proves increasingly attenuated, devoted to documenting the seeming impregnability of the social order.

  Academic text (2004)

• The ancient castle's walls demonstrate great impregnability, having withstood numerous attacks throughout history.

• The company's security measures ensure the impregnability of its data against potential cyber threats.

Synonyms

I

invincibility

vsimpregnability

9 7.6

A state in which someone cannot be defeated

focuses on resisting attack rather than being unbeatable in every contest

I

invulnerability

vsimpregnability

5 7.9

The state of not being able to be harmed in body or feelings

focuses on strength to resist or withstand attack rather than general immunity

I

indestructibility

vsimpregnability

1 9.0

A quality that makes something impossible to break or harm

focuses on not being damaged rather than on blocking or resisting attack

I

impenetrability

vsimpregnability

1 9.9

Being impossible to go through, like thick walls or heavy fog

speaks of stopping penetration or entry rather than mainly resisting active attack

U

unassailability

vsimpregnability

9.8

A state in which something cannot be attacked, questioned, or defeated

is about physical resistance rather than immunity to questioning or criticism

U

untouchability

vsimpregnability

• Formal

9.2

Being protected from attack or punishment so people do not challenge you

is about resisting or withstanding attack rather than avoiding contact or punishment

I

impenetrableness

vsimpregnability

9.9

A quality of being impossible to get through or understand

focuses on general resistance to penetration rather than on withstanding an attack

Antonyms

V

vulnerability

156 5.1

A state of being easily harmed physically or emotionally

W

weakness

133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

How Resistant

impregnability

• Formal

1 9.8

resistance

• Specialized

54 4.1

resilience

52 4.8

fragility

17 5.2

vulnerability

156 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology