unanswerablenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɑːns(ə)rəblnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈans(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈæns(ə)rəb(ə)lnəs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion
dryheada1300
lethargyc1380
drynessc1450
dumping1542
unsensibility1551
insensibleness?1555
unsensibleness?1555
stupidity1568
stolidity1570
stupor1570
dumpishness1574
senselessness1577
innaturality1579
astoniedness1580
impassibility1603
stupefaction1603
torpor1607
deadness1611
unsufferance1611
hebetude1621
nonsense1621
drought1622
hebetation1623
obstupefaction1625
unanswerableness1626
tastelessnessa1631
insensateness1646
impassiveness1648
obtuseness1648
barrenness1655
torpulency1657
sterility1661
spiritlessness1669
unspiritedness1669
unaffectedness1678
insensibility1691
stolidness1727
apathy1742
impenetrableness1747
unfeelingness1766
impassivity1794
unfeeling1805
soullessness1811
incommobility1822
obtusity1823
unimpressibleness1830
hardhead1836
stockishness1837
insensitiveness1838
impenetrability1847
unreceptivity1849
unsusceptibility1850
woodenness1854
unimpressionability1862
irresponsiveness1864
unresponsiveness1869
impassibleness1874
irreceptivity1881
unimpressibility1889
apatheia1893
inemotivity1894
affectlessness1921
insensitivity1957
1626 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Thanksgiuing 21 How can we but hate this vnkind, and vniust, vnanswerablenesse.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 26 Being conscious..of my unanswerableness to so great expectation.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. i. 6 The greatness of the disappointment under special Service, the unworthy neglect, and unanswerableness to special Favours are Extraordinary Provocations.
2. The condition of not admitting of an answer.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > capability of being solved or answered > absence of
unanswerableness1627
unanswerability1750
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun]
irrefragability1609
unanswerableness1627
infallibilitya1631
uncontrollableness1634
unquestionableness1640
undeniableness1654
irrefragableness1682
incontestableness1727
indisputableness1727
indubitableness1727
inexpugnableness1727
unanswerability1750
incontrovertibility1775
unquestionability1815
impugnability1837
incontrovertibleness1837
incontestability1862
inexpugnability1864
irrefutability1864
indisputability1880
doubtlessness1895
indubitability1933
inescapability1945
1627 R. Perrot Tithes Ep. Ded. sig. Aijv That great opinion that most men have of the unanswerablenes of Mr. Seldens History of Tithes.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 198 We shall first, for our generall humiliation, consider the unanswerablenesse of this question, There is no man that lives, and shall not see death.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna Pref. p. xi A commentary illustrative of the unanswerableness of ‘Political Justice’.
1879 W. Minto Defoe 33 He proved with provoking unanswerableness that all honest Dissenters were noways concerned in the Bill.
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