implacability
- noun
- /ɪmˈplækəˌbɪlɪti/
- Formal
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implacabilidad
- His implacability towards negotiations made it clear that he would not compromise on his principles.
He's done this worse is when one's implacability, and that's just a translation of the Latin term implacabilitas, right?
- He's done this worse is when one's implacability, and that's just a translation of the Latin term implacabilitas, right?
Examples
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The implacability displayed by the storm left the coastal towns in a state of emergency.
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Her implacability in pursuing justice was evident as she refused to back down despite the obstacles.
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If she had no reason to love her father's memory, it's clear at least that she shared his implacability with those who opposed her.
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Dazed by his implacability, she asked, "What mistake?"
Fiction book (1991) -
Neither her nervousness nor implacability bothered me anymore.
Fiction book (2000) -
He is gripped by a strange implacability.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clinging to the coastal fringe like mollusks to a pier, we fear the implacability of the hinterland.
Academic text (1990) -
He is prevented by a recognition of the implacability of the forces that control them—the "great wheel of circulation," the invisible hand of political economy.
Academic text (1991) -
16. She possesses the heroic virtues of wit, courage, eagerness, activity, implacability, and reticence in emotion.
Academic text (1998) -
As in the stories from an earlier era, the drama of Nielsen's tale lay in the implacability of the forces arrayed against her, in this case the combination of the howling Antarctic winter and the progression of the potentially fatal tumor growing in her body.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
1
9.9
Something that cannot be stopped or changed
1
9.4
A strong will to keep trying and not be defeated
The quality of not stopping no matter what happens
The quality of being very difficult to manage or control
How Relentless
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7.3
- Formal
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5.1
5
3.5
26
4.6
160
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
implacability = implacable (semi-transparent) = im + plac + able + ity
The noun is a regular -ity nominalization of implacable, but the adjective contains the relatively opaque Latin base plac-.
Etymology
Implacability comes from the Latin root placare ('to calm' or 'please') with the prefix im- meaning 'not'. So implacability is the quality of being 'not able to be calmed' or satisfied, which is why it describes something harsh or never stopping.