"unparaphrasable" meaning in All languages combined

See unparaphrasable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From un- + paraphrase + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|paraphrase|-able}} un- + paraphrase + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unparaphrasable (not comparable)
  1. Impossible to paraphrase Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "1988 February 12, Cerinda Survant, “Simple Magic”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "Movement like this suggests images and meanings, yet refuses to dictate--it is movement with unspecified or unparaphrasable content, but content nonetheless[…].",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2015 May 14, John Gibson, The Philosophy of Poetry, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:",
          "text": "The language of a poem is not a vehicle for conveying a thought that is independently expressible; it conveys a thought that is encapsulated in the vehicle. Poems create hyperintensional contexts, with content that is unparaphrasable,[…]",
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