elusivenessn.
/ɪˈl(j)uːsɪvnɪs/ The quality of being elusive adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun]
obscuritya1522
incomprehensibility1598
entangledness1611
unconceivableness1611
unsearchableness1611
indiscernibleness1649
inscrutability1654
undiscoverableness1656
unscrutableness1657
unimaginableness1659
inconceivableness1661
unintelligibility1661
imperscrutableness1664
unknowableness1664
unintelligibleness1678
unfathomableness1690
inscrutableness1727
incognoscibility1824
uncognoscibility1827
unconjecturability1827
impenetrability1847
inconceivability1847
intangibility1847
untraceableness1856
incognizabilityc1860
incomprehensibleness1862
unknowability1863
unthinkability1865
elusiveness1873
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition
beflying1340
eschewingc1374
voidinga1398
flight1398
refusing?a1400
avoidinga1513
eschewa1542
eviting1541
umschewing1547
shunning1549
shuffling1579
eschewal1583
avoidance1610
evitation1626
evading1646
avoidal1695
eschewance1842
elusiveness1873
avoidment1882
sidestepping1902
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > evasion or escape from threat > elusive quality
elusiveness1873
1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden vi. 104 Shakespeare's elusiveness of publicity.
1881 D. Masson De Quincey x. 124 His [sc. De Quincey's] elusiveness of all ordinary social gatherings had increased.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 5/1 Von Hartmann is..Protean in his elusiveness.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story vii Her..reserve and elusiveness.
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