INCURABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incurability mean? 

• INCURABILITY (noun)
  The noun INCURABILITY has 2 senses:

1. incapability of being cured or healed

2. incapability of being altered in disposition or habits

  Familiarity information: INCURABILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCURABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Incapability of being cured or healed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incurability; incurableness

Hypernyms ("incurability" is a kind of...):

characteristic (a distinguishing quality)

Antonym:

curability (capability of being cured or healed)

Derivation:

incurable (incapable of being cured)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Incapability of being altered in disposition or habits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the incurability of his optimism

Hypernyms ("incurability" is a kind of...):

unalterability (the quality of not being alterable)

Derivation:

incurable (unalterable in disposition or habits)