indomitableness

noun

as in impenetrability

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  1. impenetrability
  2. invincibility
  3. immunity
Noun
  • What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of impenetrability
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  • Participants, mostly males 14 to 20 years old, are drawn to the thrills of the jump amplified by social media and anchored by a feeling of invincibility.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • To have any hope of competing against the Premier League champions, Chelsea’s vaunted front three had to demonstrate that a Gunners defence which has carried its aura of invincibility into the opening weeks of this new season could be made to bleed.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of invincibility
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  • As a public university, ASU could also assert statutory governmental immunity, a legal doctrine protecting public entities from liability in certain circumstances, including some policy-level decisions.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The state then filed a series of motions to dismiss the suit on immunity grounds.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of immunity
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“Indomitableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indomitableness. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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