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incredibility

incredibility

1 8.8
A feeling of not believing something because it seems unlikely
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈkrɛdəˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : incredibilidad
  • The incredibility of the magician's tricks left the audience speechless.

Examples

  • But her injuries are comparatively minor, when you consider the incredibility of her being alive at all.

  • But the superficiality and incredibility of his ethical doctrine do lead to our professors' view that morality has no foundation.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Everyone was shocked by the incredibility of the story he told about surviving against all odds.

  • The scientist presented evidence so surprising that the incredibility of her findings sparked a heated debate.

Synonyms

implausibility
vsincredibility
2 8.2

A situation when a story or excuse does not seem true

covers difficulty or impossibility of belief rather than mere unlikelihood
inconceivability
vsincredibility
1 9.9

The state of being impossible to imagine or believe

emphasizes inability to imagine or comprehend rather than just disbelief
incredibleness
vsincredibility
1 7.8

A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe

focuses on difficulty or impossibility of belief rather than pure extraordinariness
unbelievability
vsincredibility
7.0

The quality of being impossible to accept as true

is the same idea but expressed with a different word form

Antonyms

462 4.0

Trust from other people who believe what you say

How Believable

credibility
462 4.0
plausibility
11 7.0
incredibility
1 8.8
impossibility
37 5.3

Surface Forms

incredibility singular

Morphology

incredibility = incredible (semi-transparent) = in + cred + ible + ity

The noun is a regular and easily interpretable state/quality formation from the adjective 'incredible'.

Etymology

Incredibility comes from Latin parts in- ('not') and credere ('to believe'), and the cred part is also in the everyday word credit, which is about trust or belief. So, incredibility is the state of being 'not believable' or hard to accept as true.