"unassailability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnəˌseɪləˈbɪlɪti/
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti Etymology: un- + assail + -ability Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|assail|-ability}} un- + assail + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unassailability (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being unassailable. Tags: uncountable

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          "text": "All the aberrant streaks of his arrogant personality – its reckless rationalism, its world-domineering phantasy and its sectarian fanaticism – joined in an unholy conspiracy to dislodge the Muslim Scripture from its firmly entrenched position as the epitome of historic authenticity and moral unassailability.",
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