unrecognizability

Definitions

The quality or state of being impossible to identify or perceive as something previously known.

The condition of having changed so much that one cannot be identified.

Examples

The landscape had changed to the point of unrecognizability after the massive landslide.

The victim's face was battered to such a state of unrecognizability that forensic experts had to rely on dental records.

Over the decades, the small village grew into a sprawling metropolis, fading into unrecognizability from its original form.

Synonyms

indistinguishability obscurity anonymity invisibility imperceptibility vagueness indefinability

Antonyms

recognizability clarity distinctness visibility identifiability obviousness familiarity