unassailability
- noun
- /ˌʌnəˈseɪlɪbɪlɪti/
:
inatacabilidad
- The lawyer presented evidence that underscored the unassailability of her client's innocence.
Examples
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This is a problematic position in light of Kuhn's work and the related decline in faith in the unassailability of empiricism.
Academic text (2016) -
Always retained a certain air of unassailability.
Academic text (2000) -
Thank you for restoring my conviction in the unassailability of my post with your impotent attempt at a rebuttal.
Blog text (1) -
Likewise, Jeffrey Nealon, in a recent issue of College English, reinforces the unassailability of the postmodern view of "self" as not a stable center of knowledge about itself or the world, but as an unstable product created at the site where language, culture, history, and politics intersect.
Academic text (1998) -
The scientist demonstrated the unassailability of her theory through extensive research and testing.
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His victory in the debate reinforced the unassailability of his arguments against the opposing side.
Synonyms
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7.9
The state of not being able to be harmed in body or feelings
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9.8
The state of being strong enough to resist attack
Being protected from attack or punishment so people do not challenge you
A fact or claim that people cannot doubt
A fact or idea that cannot be doubted
A quality that cannot be questioned or denied
Antonyms
How Unassailable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unassailability = unassailable (transparent) = un + assail + able + ity
The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'unassailable', yielding the expected meaning 'the quality of being unassailable'.
Etymology
Unassailability starts with un- ('not') and the rest comes from assail, the same idea as assault meaning 'to attack'. So, it literally means 'not able to be attacked', which is why we use it for something impossible to defeat or question.