incommunicability

Examples

• All

• His incommunicability often left his friends feeling frustrated and confused.

• He sits apart in the self-contained pose of a Buddha, twits the others for their bourgeois respectability, and insists repeatedly on the uniqueness and incommunicability of his experience.

  Academic text (2000)

• The artist expressed a deep sense of incommunicability in his work, making it hard for others to understand his feelings.

Synonyms

I

incomprehensibility

vsincommunicability

1 9.9

A state where something is very hard to understand

describes not being able to get ideas across to others, not just being unclear

I

inscrutability

vsincommunicability

1 9.9

A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for

refers to not being able to get thoughts across, not only mysteriousness

I

indecipherability

vsincommunicability

1 9.9

A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes

relates to failing to share ideas with others, not only unreadable form

I

inexplicability

vsincommunicability

1 9.8

A state when something cannot be explained or understood

points to failure to get meaning across to others rather than lacking explanation

U

unintelligibility

vsincommunicability

1 9.9

Something that is very hard to understand

focuses on failing to make others receive or understand the idea, not just unclear form

I

impenetrability

vsincommunicability

1 9.9

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

means failing to make ideas reach other people, not a physical barrier

I

inexpressibility

vsincommunicability

8.9

A feeling or idea too hard to say in words

includes failing to get ideas across in any way, not only speech

I

inexpressiveness

vsincommunicability

8.9

Hard to describe in words

focuses on failure to get ideas across rather than being merely quiet

I

indescribability

vsincommunicability

9.8

Something you cannot say in words

means failing to make others understand the idea, not only wording problems

U

unspeakability

vsincommunicability

9.6

A feeling or event too terrible to describe in words

covers inability to get ideas across generally, not limited to emotional taboo

I

impenetrableness

vsincommunicability

9.9

A quality of being impossible to get through or understand

refers to inability to get ideas to others rather than resisting entry

Antonyms

C

communicativeness

5.5

A willingness and ability to talk and share ideas with other people

How Communicable

clarity

152 3.0

communicativeness

5.5

obscurity

5 7.4

inexpressibility

8.9

incommunicability

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology