impossibility

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- +‎ possibility and impossible +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/ Hyphenation: im‧pos‧si‧bil‧i‧ty Rhymes: -ɪlɪti === Noun === impossibility (countable and uncountable, plural impossibilities) Something that is impossible. (uncountable) The quality of being impossible. 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VIII, year 15,[2] After long reasonyng, there wer certain appoynted, to declare the impossibilite of this demaunde to the Cardinal, (obsolete) The state of being unable to do something. Synonyms: inability, incapability, helplessness ==== Synonyms ==== (something that is impossible): See also Thesaurus:impossibility ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “something that is impossible”): certainty, inevitability, possibility; See also Thesaurus:possibility ==== Coordinate terms ==== infeasibility, unrealizability, impracticality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====