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incredibility|ɪnkrɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. L. incrēdibilitās, f. incrēdibilis incredible; cf. F. incrédibilité (1690 in Furetiere).]
1. The quality or fact of being incredibile; a thing that cannot be believed; an incredible notion or circumstance.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. 12 note, He to salve his incredibilitie, deviseth a motion both of the Earth and of the Starres. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 133 The number of these either Delusions or Incredibilities. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xi. §228 The incredibility or monstrousness of such a kind of proceeding. 1764Harmer Observ. xv. i. 39 The seeming incredibility of the account Josephus gives. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. vi. 250 The intellect rose in protest, and declared that incredibilities should not be taught any longer.
2. The fact or quality of being incredulous. rare.
1882Standard No. 17942. 5 [They] have become convinced that incredibility is no longer justifiable. |