inalienably
- adverb
- /ɪˈneɪliənəbli/
- Formal
:
inalienablemente
- These principles are inalienably yours and cannot be taken away by anyone.
Examples
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Finally, it must be remembered that freedom is an instrumental good, although foundationally and inalienably so, and not an intrinsic good.
Academic text (1993) -
In any case, the territory to be acquired was to be inalienably Jewish.
Academic text (1996) -
This decision cannot be made by one's mother or father, brother or sister, but only inalienably by oneself.
Academic text (2002) -
As such, the notion of double deixis can help us account for the paradoxical and perhaps inalienably postmodern reading position that at least some modes of second-person fiction compel us to occupy.
Academic text (1994) -
Moreover, the motivation that champions robust individual rights in persons also seems to support a comparable division of the extra-personal world into discrete domains, each of which will lie (but not inalienably) within the moral jurisdiction of some particular person (or, perhaps, some particular coalition of persons).
Academic text (1990) -
Human rights are considered to be inalienably linked to our dignity as individuals.
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The right to vote is inalienably granted to every citizen of the country.
Synonyms
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So that something cannot be changed or undone
In a way that cannot be broken or ignored
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
inalienably = inalienable (semi-transparent) = in + alien + able + ly
The adverb is transparently formed from the adjective 'inalienable' by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word inalienably is made from in- ('not') and alien ('belonging to another' or 'stranger'). Think of 'alien' as someone from outside, so if something is inalienably yours it cannot be given away or taken by others. That's why it means 'cannot be taken away'.