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Synonyms for impossibility
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm pɒs- |
Top 10 synonyms for impossibility
Définition of impossibility
Origin :- late 14c., "quality of being impossible," from impossible + -ity; perhaps from or modeled on French impossibilité. Meaning "an impossible thing or occurrence" is from c.1500.
- noun hopelessness
- By day it was dangerous enough; by night it was almost an impossibility.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- I did not, at least I tried not to expect such an impossibility.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- For what the first sentence seemed to give was next thing to an impossibility.
- Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
- That impossibility is precisely the almost universal expectation.
- Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
- To the healthy, walking is a pleasure; to the sick, a burden, if not an impossibility.
- Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
- Well, my dear, writing is an impossibility when one is at the sea-shore.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various
- And that others should approve, of what we approve, is no miracle or impossibility?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- There is no impossibility in all this; that there is a difficulty, we acknowledge ourselves.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- This impossibility of excess is the note of divine moderation.
- Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
- In the first case, they assume that Plato means to show the impossibility of any truth.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
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