unknowablenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnəʊəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈnoʊəbəlnəs/ The quality, state, or fact of being unknowable. Cf. unknowability n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun]
obscuritya1522
incomprehensibility1598
entangledness1611
unconceivableness1611
unsearchableness1611
indiscernibleness1649
inscrutability1654
undiscoverableness1656
unscrutableness1657
unimaginableness1659
inconceivableness1661
unintelligibility1661
imperscrutableness1664
unknowableness1664
unintelligibleness1678
unfathomableness1690
inscrutableness1727
incognoscibility1824
uncognoscibility1827
unconjecturability1827
impenetrability1847
inconceivability1847
intangibility1847
untraceableness1856
incognizabilityc1860
incomprehensibleness1862
unknowability1863
unthinkability1865
elusiveness1873
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 367 The unknowableness of the manner of this Union.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 301 The Unknowableness of Real Essences.
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 81 The great religious painters rejoiced in that kind of unknowableness.
1936 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 57 26 He asserts the unknowableness of the infinite.
2001 Time 17 Dec. 65/1 Christianity accepted unknowableness as part of God's nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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