imponderabilia

plural noun

im·​pon·​der·​a·​bil·​ia

(ˌ)imˌpändərəˈbilēə,

əm-,

-lyə

: imponderables

it ignores these imponderabilia without which life is no life, history no history, and a people no people

—American Quarterly

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from neuter plural of Medieval Latin imponderabilis

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