impossibility

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun incapability of existing or occurring
  2. noun an alternative that is not available

Etymology

From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.

In classic literature

Synonyms

impossibleness

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