inscrutability
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While I would never deign to speak for all critics — I’ve been around enough to know I don’t need that smoke — we’re not generally fans of inscrutability.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Until the 1990s, the norm was near-total inscrutability from officials about their thought processes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Greenberg ironically examines the inscrutability of the past, whose main connection to the present may live in the shared vulnerability to “error” — the final word in this gorgeously written play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
The character flaw now lies in those attempting to understand and believe him, not in his inscrutability.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
It was not easy to preserve inscrutability when you did not know what your face looked like.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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