impossibility Definition
im·pos·sibil·ity (im päs′ə bil′i tē)
noun
- the fact or quality of being impossible
- pl. -·ties something impossible
Etymology: OFr impossibilite < LL impossibilitas
impossibility Synonyms
impossibility
n.
Antonyms
impossibility Law Definition
n
The condition of being unable to happen or to be
achieved.
factual impossibility
Of an act that cannot physically be done.
legal impossibility
In criminal law, a defense to charges on the basis that
the acts committed were not illegal. In civil law, an act which is impossible
by operation of law or rule, such as an attempt by a minor to enter into a
binding contract.
impossibility Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- miracle: This does not rely on an a priori assumption about the impossibility of miracles at all.
- security: Kieran probability, trust and the impossibility of security?
- death: It's called The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.
- solution: These include the idea of the'state of nature ' and the impossibility of a natural solution to the problem of government.
- task: However, the impossibility of a task can be formulated more generically.
- action: It is also a novel about alienation from mainstream society and the impossibility of decisive action in the face of destiny.
Converse of object
- recognize: However, Solon recognized the impossibility of remaining permenantly independant from Rome.
- realize: We realize the impossibility of ever pinning down ' an...
- demonstrate: On the overall political level, It has demonstrated the impossibility of John Prescott's job.
- prove: To swing west and south round the fortress of Paris proved a sheer impossibility.
- seem: Does working in the industry just seem an impossibility?
- recognize: Perhaps Jesus recognizes the impossibility of the choice; his next two questions are simply, ' Do you love me?
Adjective modifier
- psychical: I tell you it's a scientific and psychical impossibility for you to continue to love her!
- seeming: I already mentioned the seeming political impossibility of inducing first world citizens to lower their impact on the world.
- utter: There are some men to whom getting up at the proper time is an utter impossibility.
- logical: The third, however, seems a logical impossibility.
- sheer: To swing west and south round the fortress of Paris proved a sheer impossibility.
- near: I say only " not likely, " for it is no longer the near impossibility of a few years back.
Modifies a noun
Browse dictionary entries near impossibility
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- ‹ importunate
- ‹ importer
- ‹ imported
- ‹ importation
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