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• unknowable
  unknowable

  adjective

  not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
• Unknowable
  Unknowable

  noun

  philosophy the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known

unknowable

American  

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /

adjective

1. not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.

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noun

1. something that is unknowable.

2. the Unknowable, the postulated reality lying behind all phenomena but not cognizable by any of the processes by which the mind cognizes phenomenal objects.

unknowable ¹ British  

/ ʌnˈnəʊəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being known or understood

2. 1. beyond human understanding

   2. ( as noun )

      the unknowable

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Unknowable ² British  

/ ʌnˈnəʊəbəl /

noun

1. philosophy the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known

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Other Word Forms

• unknowableness
  noun
• unknowably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of unknowable

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at un- ¹, knowable

Related Words

• baffling
• cryptic
• curious
• dark
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• mystifying
• obscure
• perplexing
• puzzling
• secretive
• strange
• unknown
• weird