incontrovertibility
- noun
- /ˌɪnkəntrəˈvɜːrtəˌbɪlɪti/
- Formal
- Everyone accepted the incontrovertibility of his argument, leaving no room for doubt.
Examples
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The court ruled that the incontrovertibility of the evidence made the case clear and straightforward.
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The scientist presented data that demonstrated the incontrovertibility of climate change.
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The Chinese never went for incontrovertibility rather than simply the truth or with what worked.
Synonyms
A quality of being impossible to doubt when proof is clear
A fact or claim that people cannot doubt
A quality that cannot be doubted
A quality that cannot be questioned or denied
Complete certainty that something is true
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
incontrovertibility = incontrovertible (semi-transparent) = in + controvert + ible + ity
The suffix '-ity' regularly forms an abstract noun meaning the quality or state of being incontrovertible.
Etymology
Incontrovertibility starts with in- meaning 'not' and uses the root controvert, the same root behind controversy, which comes from words meaning 'against' and 'turn'. So incontrovertibility is the quality of being impossible to argue against, or 'not open to question'.