"imaginability" meaning in All languages combined

See imaginability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

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  1. The quality of being imaginable. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: imaginableness Translations (quality): wyobrażalność [feminine] (Polish), imaginabilitate (Romanian)
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