conceivablenessn.

Brit.

/kənˈsiːvəblnəs/, U.S.

/kənˈsivəb(ə)lnəs/

Forms: see conceivable adj. and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conceivable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < conceivable adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > quality of being conceivable

conceivablenessc1443

conceptibility1678

cogitabilitya1688

conceivability1788

perceivedness1871

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 82 (MED) Aȝens al conceyuabilnes of vndirstonding it is þat eny persoone schulde brynge forþ and make hym silf in beyng.

1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air 118 The conceivableness of both Hypotheses compared.

a1740 J. Abernethy Disc. Perfections God (1743) I. viii. 269 The measure of possibility to us is conceivableness.

1831 J. C. Hare & C. Thirlwall tr. B. G. Niebuhr Hist. Rome (ed. 2) I. 53 The offender against reason is he who distorts the laws of experience, that without regard to truth he may maintain the conceivableness of what directly contradicts them.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 146 Are we, then, to deny not only the conceivableness but the existence of the Absolute?

1920 C. C. J. Webb Divine Personality & Human Life vii. 182 A real solipsism would..exclude even the suggestion of the conceivableness of a reality beyond the self.

2002 Artibus Asiae 62 272 Only exceptions to tradition express the conceivableness, at the time, of alternative points of view.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conceivableness
释义	conceivablenessn. Brit. /kənˈsiːvəblnəs/, U.S. /kənˈsivəb(ə)lnəs/ Forms: see conceivable adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conceivable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < conceivable adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > quality of being conceivable conceivablenessc1443 conceptibility1678 cogitabilitya1688 conceivability1788 perceivedness1871 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 82 (MED) Aȝens al conceyuabilnes of vndirstonding it is þat eny persoone schulde brynge forþ and make hym silf in beyng. 1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air 118 The conceivableness of both Hypotheses compared. a1740 J. Abernethy Disc. Perfections God (1743) I. viii. 269 The measure of possibility to us is conceivableness. 1831 J. C. Hare & C. Thirlwall tr. B. G. Niebuhr Hist. Rome (ed. 2) I. 53 The offender against reason is he who distorts the laws of experience, that without regard to truth he may maintain the conceivableness of what directly contradicts them. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 146 Are we, then, to deny not only the conceivableness but the existence of the Absolute? 1920 C. C. J. Webb Divine Personality & Human Life vii. 182 A real solipsism would..exclude even the suggestion of the conceivableness of a reality beyond the self. 2002 Artibus Asiae 62 272 Only exceptions to tradition express the conceivableness, at the time, of alternative points of view. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1443
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