inextricable
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- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈɛkstrɪkəbl/
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inextricable
- The resulting landscape transformation within the parks derived from the inextricable relationships among humans, elephants, livestock, and vegetation (Botkin 1990).
- an inextricable link
- an inextricable relationship
- an inextricable connection
It is, you know, inextricable from faith.
- It is, you know, inextricable from faith.
- That's that's an inextricable part of the human experience.
- Meaning, while a slippery concept, seemed inextricable from human relationships and moral values.
- For us, the question of what it means to be human has become inextricable from the question of who we are to each other.
- Bodies and technology fuse, seduced, inextricable, one from the other.
- The, the, the, the, the Regency and religion are inextricable.
- So as people are searching for yield, defense and offense are almost inextricable at a certain point in time because where do you go?
- All of these issues go back to this, you know, inextricable connect connectivity between government and giant conglomerates.
Examples
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For us, the question of what it means to be human has become inextricable from the question of who we are to each other.
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For Carlyle, problems of mind are inextricable from corporal, political, social, and moral problems.
Academic text (1997) -
There appears to be an inextricable relationship among these needs.
Academic text (2001) -
But society and its conception of reality are inextricable.
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Thus, history and imagination form an inextricable link in the gaining of knowledge.
Academic text (1991) -
Meaning, while a slippery concept, seemed inextricable from human relationships and moral values.
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Recognizing these differences, the two pursuits should nevertheless have an inextricable relationship.
Academic text (1992) -
As religion becomes an inextricable part of ethnic and/or national identity, it must be legally protected.
Academic text (1999) -
Towns, rivers, palaces, all mixed up in an inextricable whirl.
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The two issues are inextricable; one cannot discuss climate change without mentioning economic policies.
Synonyms
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Cannot be divided and kept apart, like joined parts or very close friends
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Cannot be ended or broken, for example a marriage
Nothing can free it from something that holds or traps it
Not able to be separated from the thing it is attached to
Very hard to break into parts
Antonyms
How Inseparable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inextricable = extricable (semi-transparent) = in + extric + able
The meaning is directly negative with 'in-', but the base adjective 'extricable' is uncommon and not transparent for many learners.
Etymology
The word inextricable starts with in- meaning 'not' and uses extricate meaning 'to get out'. Think of ex- 'out' as in exit, so inextricable is something you cannot get out of or pull apart, which is why it means impossible to disentangle or separate.