impossibility

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being impossible; impracticability.

An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.

Inability; helplessness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

impossibleness impossible action alternative unable failure impossible absence difficulty unlikely inability paradox disability contradiction rarity inconsistency

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Antonyms

possibility practicability ability chance probability accident

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Hypernyms

nonexistence alternative choice option nonentity

Hyponyms

impossible inconceivability inconceivableness unattainableness

Phrases with the word

Abel's impossibility theorem near impossibility impossibility of applying impossibility to replace

Derivatives

impossibilities

Examples

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. Ray Bradbury

the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done. John Galsworthy

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. James Baldwin

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. Emil Cioran

Death is the possibility of the absolute impossibility of Dasein. Martin Heidegger

In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe. Albert Camus

Close letter words and terms

impositional impossibilism impossibilist impossibility of applying impossibility to replace impossible