incommensurability
- noun
- /ˌɪn.kəˌmɛn.səˈræb.əl.ɪ.ti/
- Formal
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inconmensurabilidad
- The two doctors finish their conversation with professional politeness, but this brief encounter exposed the incommensurability of their perspectives.
- incommensurability thesis
- moral incommensurability
- idea of incommensurability
And at the same time it's essential nature, incommensurability is preserved for the understanding.
- And at the same time it's essential nature, incommensurability is preserved for the understanding.
- So there's an incommensurability here going on, He goes on, and he says, you know why?
Examples
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Because of the comprehensiveness, depth, and richness of distinctive religious outlooks, an incommensurability exists that makes translation across traditions virtually impossible
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I would contrast this approach, based on the presumption of incommensurability, with two others that have gained prominence in recent decades.
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There is therefore a double incommensurability.
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In all these cases, genuine incommensurability is present.
Academic text (1999) -
First, I think that here we may have arrived at true incommensurability.
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When incommensurability of cultures is maintained, practical judgment is supposed to be rendered helpless.
Academic text (1999) -
Third, a fairly robust account of moral incommensurability and relativity was also necessary for the rise of anti-imperialist political thought.
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Kant's political thought illustrates well the relationship among theories of humanity, moral incommensurability, and anti-imperialism that I have sketched above.
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The incommensurability between the two mathematical theories makes it hard to find common ground.
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In discussions about cultural values, the incommensurability of different beliefs can lead to misunderstandings.
Synonyms
A situation when things cannot be compared because they are very different
Antonyms
How Commensurable
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
incommensurability = incommensurable (opaque) = in + com + mensur + able + ity
Adding '-ity' to the adjective 'incommensurable' regularly forms a noun naming that quality or condition.
Etymology
Incommensurability comes from in- 'not' and a root that means measure, so it literally means 'not measurable together'. That's why we use it for things that cannot be fairly compared by the same standard, like very different cultures or ways of thinking.