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🔗 Cannot separate ➗ Cannot divide evenly
indivisibility

indivisibility

1 6.8
Cannot be separated into parts, for example rights or groups
  • noun
  • /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbɪlɪti/
: indivisibilidad
  • The researchers discussed the indivisibility of social justice and human rights during the conference.
  • indivisibility argument
  • indivisibility of the soul
  • indivisibility of rights

But you could also imagine other indivisibilities.

Examples

  • Furthermore, it recognized the universality and indivisibility of human rights and emphasized the importance of nondiscrimination and equality.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The first, the Declaration of ASEAN Concord, emphasized the indivisibility of political stability within member countries and reiterated support for ZOPFAN.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The argument from the indivisibility of the soul.

    Academic text (1998)

  • A favorite term of human rights theorists is indivisibility.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Leibniz did not consider this further limitation on the indivisibility argument.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Further, the same characteristic of human rights theory, namely indivisibility, should resurface whether the individual, the group, or the representatives of the people, the state, are weighing civil/political rights, cultural rights, or socio-economic rights.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The indivisibility of the nation is a key principle in promoting unity among its citizens.

  • In their debate, they highlighted the indivisibility of economic growth and environmental sustainability.

Synonyms

inseparability
vsindivisibility
1 7.4

A situation where you cannot split people or things apart, like close friends

focuses on inability to split into internal parts rather than relation
indissolubility
vsindivisibility
  • Formal
1 9.4

A situation people cannot end or break, often for agreements like marriage vows

refers to being unable to be divided into parts rather than unending
unicity
vsindivisibility
1 9.6

Being one whole with no separate parts

is about being impossible to divide into separate parts
atomicity
vsindivisibility
  • Specialized
1 9.2

An action that happens completely or not at all, especially in computing

is the general quality of being impossible to split into parts
inextricability
vsindivisibility
1 9.9

A situation in which two things cannot be separated

concerns inability to be split into parts rather than entanglement
unitariness
vsindivisibility
9.3

Being a single whole thing rather than separate parts

is the idea of being unable to be split into parts

Antonyms

divisibility
1 6.3

Ability to be split into parts without anything left over or getting damaged

Surface Forms

indivisibility singular
indivisibilities plural

Morphology

indivisibility = indivisible (semi-transparent) = in + divis + ible + ity

This is a regular abstract noun formed from the adjective 'indivisible' with '-ity'.

Etymology

Indivisibility comes from the parts in- 'not' and divide 'to split', so it means the quality of something that cannot be separated into parts, for example rights or a team that must stay together.