INVULNERABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invulnerability mean? 

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

1. having the strength to withstand attack

2. the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)

  Familiarity information: INVULNERABILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVULNERABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the strength to withstand attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

impregnability; invulnerability

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

safety (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "invulnerability"):

immunity (the quality of being unaffected by something)

Antonym:

vulnerability (susceptibility to injury or attack)

Derivation:

invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)