inoppugnable
UK/ɪnəˈpjuːnəbəl/
inoppugnable adjective: indisputable, incontestable, unquestionable.
Adjective
inoppugnable (comparative more inoppugnable, superlative most inoppugnable)
- Indisputable, incontestable, unquestionable.
- two inoppugnable reasons1654, Walter Charleton, Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charletoniana: or a fabrick of science natural, upon the hypothesis of atoms, chap. V., sect. II, page 40
- Moreover, as this inoppugnable Propensity to Religion is a Cyon of God's own ingraffing on the Mind of Man, so also is it out of his power, tho' assisted by all the hellish Stratagems, totally to eradicate it thence.1698, John Turner, A phisico-theological discourse upon the Divine Being, or first cause of all things, providence of God, general and particular, separate existence of the human soul, certainty of...
- Insuperable, insurmountable.
- [...] the disease [...] will be so violent and inoppugnable by the force of Nature, that the Temperament of Peters body [...] will thereby be dissolved, and so Death shall invevitably succeed.1652, Walter Charleton, The Darkness of Atheism Dispelled by the Light of Nature, William Lee, ch. 10, Art. 8, page 340
- The barrier vast and inoppugnable [sc. a mountain range]1919, C. M. Grieve, “Mountain Measure”, in Northern Numbers, T. N. Foulis (1920), page 69
Examples of inoppugnable in a sentence
- I am glad to see, in your account of miscellaneous reading, authors of such inoppugnable orthodoxy as Coleridge and Carlyle.1840, Charles A. Dana in James Harrison Wilson, The Life of Charles A. Dana, Harper & Brothers, published 1907, page 21:
- The inoppugnable reality, / Here is something for you to digest. / Eat this and we'll see what appetite you have left / For a world hereafter.1934, Hugh MacDiarmid, Selected Poetry, New Directions Publishing, published 1993, →ISBN, page 153:
Synonyms of inoppugnable
- unassailable
- apodictic
- incontestable
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- indubitable
- irrefutable
- irrefragable
- unanswerable
- undeniable
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Antonyms
Forms of inoppugnable
| comparative | more inoppugnable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inoppugnable |
Origin of inoppugnable
From in- + oppugnable.
Questions about inoppugnable
- What does inoppugnable mean?
- Inoppugnable means indisputable, incontestable, unquestionable.
- How do you use inoppugnable in a sentence?
- I am glad to see, in your account of miscellaneous reading, authors of such inoppugnable orthodoxy as Coleridge and Carlyle.
- What part of speech is inoppugnable?
- Inoppugnable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inoppugnable?
- Inoppugnable is pronounced /ɪnəˈpjuːnəbəl/ (UK).
Words near inoppugnable in the dictionary
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