compossible
- adjective
- /kəmˈpɑːsəbl/
- Formal
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composible
- During their debate, they discovered that their ideas were compossible, allowing them to form a unified theory of cooperation.
- compossible substances
Examples
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Thus we can say that the possible world containing Julius Caesar is the divine disposition to think of Julius Caesar and of all those individual substances that are compossible with him.
Academic text (1998) -
Modal distinctions are compossible rather than mutually exclusive.
Academic text (1991) -
"This theory poses problems for the fifth type of impossible fiction, that of compossible entities.
Academic text (1995) -
That is true because not all good things are compossible.
Academic text (1998) -
This view appears in the context of an argument for an identity theory between persons and bodies, which has direct relevance to the discussion of the fifth category of impossible fiction concerning compossible entities.
Academic text (1995) -
According to Dolezel, "fictional worlds are formed by macrostructural constraints which determine the set of their compossible constituents" (234).
Academic text (1995) -
It follows, then, that the actualization of the possible world containing Julius Caesar is simply God's occurrent thought of Julius Caesar and the compossible substances.
Academic text (1998) -
The actualization of the possible world containing Julius Caesar, then, is the activation of God's disposition to think of Julius Caesar and all his fellow compossible substances.
Academic text (1998) -
In a world where different realities exist, only those aspects of our experiences that are compossible can truly interact with each other.
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The architect ensured that all the new designs were compossible with the existing structures, avoiding any conflicts in the overall aesthetic.
Synonyms
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4.1
Able to exist or work together without conflict
Antonyms
How Compatible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Compossible comes from the parts com- meaning 'together' and possible meaning 'able'. So it literally means 'possible together', which is a helpful way to remember that it describes things that can both happen or exist without contradiction.