Apprehensibility

/əˌprehensəˈbɪləti/ noun

Definition

The quality of being able to be understood or grasped mentally.

Etymology

From apprehensible + -ity suffix (converts adjectives to abstract nouns). Apprehensible comes from apprehend + -ible (able to be). The -ity ending comes from Latin -itas. This creates a double-suffixed noun three layers deep.

Kelly Says

Philosophy professors use 'apprehensibility' when debating whether quantum mechanics is even theoretically understandable to humans—it's asking if reality itself can be grasped by finite minds!

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