单词 | incredibility |
释义 | incredibilityn. 1. The quality or fact of being incredibile; a thing that cannot be believed; an incredible notion or circumstance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable incredible1610 incredibility1613 the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > state of being unbelievable uncredibility1486 intestability1590 incredulity1607 incredibleness1611 incredibility1613 unbelievability1851 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. 12 (note) He to salve his incredibilitie, deviseth a motion both of the Earth and of the Starres. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 133 The number of these either Delusions or Incredibilities. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 193 The incredibility, or monstrousness of such a kind of proceeding. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xv. i. 39 The seeming incredibility of the account Josephus gives. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. vi. 250 The intellect rose in protest, and declared that incredibilities should not be taught any longer. 2. The fact or quality of being incredulous. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > state of incredulity1430 inconvictedness1664 inconviction1664 inconvincibility1882 incredibility1882 credibility gap1962 1882 Standard No. 17942. 5 [They] have become convinced that incredibility is no longer justifiable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613 |
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