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effability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being effable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • In linguistics, the Principle of Effability asserts that every natural language can express any human thought that is expressible at all in [any] natural language.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: describability, expressibility, speakability, speakableness

Antonyms: ineffability, ineffableness, indescribability, inexpressibility, unspeakability, unspeakableness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin effābilitās.