irreconcilableness

Hi Antonija,

This is a title of a scientific article/study. Is the underlined word ok and are there any articles missing?

Irreconcilableness of aesthetic and popular

The word is 'irreconcilability'.

If you want to use 'aesthetic' and 'popular' as nouns, you shoul

Hi Clive,

I guess I have come across a mistake in the dictionary (a Croatian-English dictionary).

Thank you very much.

AntonijaI guess I have come across a mistake in the dictionary (a Croatian-English dictionary).

Hi Antonija

The Random House Unabridged Dictionary has the same mistake:

ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble, adj.
1. incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
2. incapable of being made to

Hi Cool Breeze and thank you for joining this thread.

I don't think it's a mistake, it's in the M-W unabridged too.

American Heritage has no listing for irreconciableness. Just one more reason I like that dictionary!

PhilipAmerican Heritage has no listing for irreconciableness. Just one more reason I like that dictionary!

Hi Philip

I like your attitude!

Is this part of a title or the whole thing?

It's the whole thing. It's a translation, but if it sounds too awkward I suppose I'll have to change it.