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
Noun
  • The sense of invincibility when Schlittler takes the ball is unlike anything the Yankees have felt in years, including during Gerrit Cole’s 2023 Cy Young season.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of invincibility
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  • Prosecutors asked parliament in December 2025 to lift her immunity so she could be arrested, but Prime Minister Edi Rama called the request unconstitutional, and parliament has not allowed the arrest to proceed.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro — who faces a corruption investigation but lost his legal immunity after resigning as a lawmaker to run for president — looked set to join the new right that has risen to power across the region in recent years.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of immunity
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