inscrutability
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- noun
- /ɪnˌskruːtəˈbɪləti/
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inscrutabilidad
- A pair of tall English, wrapped to the eyes, sat on their luggage with looks of sphinxlike inscrutability.
Examples
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The points you make about the culture of security and inscrutability surrounding nuclear plants are good ones.
Blog text (9) -
The inscrutability of love finally won, and Max's brain gave in.
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In fact, his tone is so ambiguous as to approach inscrutability at times.
Academic text (1991) -
After a while, the inscrutability of the Christian Bible caused skepticism to filter down to the masses as well.
Academic text (2004) -
Russian road societies tend to be orthodox, maintaining a position of cultural inscrutability, subscribing to the common-sense opinion that the internal logic of their culture is only truly knowable by insiders.
Academic text (1998) -
The inscrutability of the ancient manuscript left historians puzzled for years.
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Despite his efforts to communicate, the inscrutability of her emotions made it difficult for him to understand her.
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The inscrutability of the complex puzzle intrigued the entire group of participants.
Synonyms
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How hard something is to understand because it is unclear
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A state where something is very hard to understand
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A quality that makes facts and events impossible to find out or fully understand
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Something that is very hard to understand
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A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes
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A state when something cannot be explained or understood
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Difficulty understanding something because it is complex or unclear
Very hard to understand because the ideas are unclear or complicated
A quality of being impossible to get through or understand
You cannot easily understand or picture it in your mind
The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex
How hard it is to understand something because its meaning is unclear
Writing that is hard to understand or enjoy
Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion
A state of being mysterious and hard to understand
Antonyms
How Mysterious
Surface Forms
Morphology
inscrutability = inscrutable (semi-transparent) = in + scrut + able + ity
Forming a noun from the adjective 'inscrutable' with the productive suffix '-ity' is a standard and clear derivation.
Etymology
Inscrutability comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and scrut- meaning 'to search', the same root you see in scrutinize and 'scrutiny'. So, inscrutability is the quality of something you cannot 'search' into or understand easily, which is why the word means being hard to understand.