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incommensurability

/ˌɪŋkəˌmɛnʃʊɹəˈbɪlɪti/

incommensurability noun: the state or characteristic of being incommensurable.

Noun

incommensurability (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
    • […] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]...

Synonyms of incommensurability

Origin of incommensurability

From incommensurable + -ity.

Questions about incommensurability

What does incommensurability mean?
Incommensurability means the state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
What part of speech is incommensurability?
Incommensurability is a noun.
How do you pronounce incommensurability?
Incommensurability is pronounced /ˌɪŋkəˌmɛnʃʊɹəˈbɪlɪti/.

Words near incommensurability in the dictionary

  1. incomings
  2. incomitance
  3. incomitant
  4. incomities
  5. incomity
  6. incommensurability
  7. incommensurable
  8. incommensurableness
  9. incommensurables
  10. incommensurably
  11. incommensurate

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