intelligibility

[in-tel-i-juh-bil-i-tee]

noun

plural

intelligibilities 

1. the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood.

2. something intelligible.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intelligibility¹

First recorded in 1600–10; intelligible + -ity

Example Sentences

“They didn’t share his optimism that physics will be able to actually produce any theory of intelligibility and consciousness which is responsible for the physical picture of the world.”

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He long ago left behind intelligibility, at least in the conventional sense.

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Indeed, Christie's own residual longing for intelligibility ended up mucking up his own otherwise sick burn of Ramaswamy.

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She could identify that it's not just the jackhammer per se, but it's when someone is whispering something just outside a range of intelligibility.

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In that era, the idea of opera as drama was taken seriously, and intelligibility was essential.

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