inexorable
11
8.6
- adjective
- /ɪˈnɛksərəbəl/
- Formal
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inexorable
- The inexorable march of technology continues to reshape our lives every day.
- the inexorable march
- inexorable force
- inexorable progress
It seems to promise an inexorable movement towards a future super state.
- It seems to promise an inexorable movement towards a future super state.
- The thing is, this is just something that happens, and it is also part of the inexorable process of language change.
- There are countries that are in inexorable decline like Japan, which they're trying to turn it around.
- And yet most of us govern ourselves under the presumption that they speak loud and clear and lead to inevitable or inexorable conclusions.
- Just as the moral theory of Kant is based on the fact that moral precepts have for some people the force of inexorable commands.
- That's what is the inexorable, inexorable consequence.
- It's not just some inexorable balance of power situation that leads to war or the absence of war.
Examples
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She felt the inexorable pull of the ocean as the tide began to rise.
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In Weber's view, they are in inexorable conflict, and they have no basis other than human will.
Academic text (2002) -
The thing is, this is just something that happens, and it is also part of the inexorable process of language change.
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But human nature always takes over and I think it's inexorable.
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At last, I understood their force, inexorable as fate itself.
Fiction book (1997) -
I think we're stuck in this inexorable downward spiral.
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It seems to promise an inexorable movement towards a future super state.
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We've merely abandoned them to their own inexorable fate.
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Water also stands for history flowing onward in its ultimately inexorable course.
Academic text (2002) -
As a consequence, the U.S. economy had stagnated and then had begun its inexorable decline.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
131
5.1
Keeps going without stopping and stays very strong
79
4.0
Impossible to prevent from continuing or reaching its goal
72
6.8
Not willing to change one's mind even when others disagree
33
8.5
Impossible to get past
31
5.4
Certain to happen and cannot be avoided
28
7.0
Not stopping and not getting less strong
9
8.6
Not able to be calmed and showing firm, unchanging anger or opposition
8
8.1
Not willing to change views or agree with others
7
4.6
Having strong, unchanging determination not to give up
5
9.3
Always continuing to work without becoming tired
4
7.3
Too strong for anyone to defeat
2
6.5
Too strong to control, it often makes people laugh loudly or feel great joy
2
9.9
Impossible to avoid or escape
Someone or something that keeps going despite attempts to stop it
Impossible to resist or argue against
Firm and not willing to change a decision or opinion
Not able to be defeated or controlled
Cannot be defeated
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Antonyms
How Relentless
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexorable = exorable (semi-transparent) = in + exorable
The word is formed by regular negation: adding 'in-' to 'exorable' yields 'not able to be persuaded', matching the modern sense.
Etymology
Inexorable comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and orare 'to beg' or 'pray', so it originally meant 'not able to be begged'. That's why inexorable now describes something you cannot stop or persuade, like time or a firm decision.