thinkable

“Things that would have been politically unthinkable 20 years ago are now thinkable,” Lytton said.
Will the Cardinal Be Indicted?|Philip Shenon|June 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He and Wilkinson were united too deeply in the adventure for that to be thinkable.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
Individual private property was a corollary of liberty and hence law was not thinkable without it.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound
We agree with Mr Mill in the opinion that it is thinkable, conceivable, knowable.
Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.'|George Grote

Was it thinkable that such a creature as Avdotya Romanovna would be marrying an unworthy man for money?
Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky
And the other life is not, in fact, thinkable to us except under the same forms as those of this earthly and transitory life.
Tragic Sense Of Life|Miguel de Unamuno

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thinkable

/ (ˈθɪŋkəbəl) /

adjective

able to be conceived or considered; possible; feasible

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