irresistibility
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- noun
- /ˌɪrɪˌzɪstəˈbɪləti/
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irresistibilidad
- The sale's irresistibility convinced many shoppers to buy items they didn't need.
Examples
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With its customary glacial irresistibility, it has been driving the center of British politics steadily to the left for the last 150 years.
Blog text (24) -
This has little to do with the irresistibility of Africanist academic products.
Academic text (1997) -
Despite the "irresistibility" of the democratic revolution, the human order of things persists.
Academic text (1992) -
Plus, success for the initiator grants internal bragging rights about one's irresistibility.
Blog text (27) -
Solzhenitsyn emphatically denies that his is a utopian position; it is rather a pragmatic response to the crisis of our time that does justice to the irresistibility of modern progress.
Academic text (1998) -
But apparently, believers in the irresistibility of Disney, Dior, and Coke have short memories and tall hopes of a China-type economic modernization coming to North Korea.
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The dessert's irresistibility made it impossible for anyone to resist a second helping.
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Her charm and irresistibility drew everyone to her at the party.
Synonyms
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A quality that makes a person or animal seem very cute and easy to love, like a puppy
A quality that makes people want something so much they cannot say no
A quality that makes people want something and find it hard to refuse
How Irresistible
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35
5.6
- NSFW
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188
2.6
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4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresistibility = irresistible (transparent) = ir + resist + ible + ity
The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'irresistible' formed by adding '-ity'.
Etymology
Irresistibility comes from three parts: ir- meaning 'not', resist meaning 'to stand against', and -ability meaning 'power to' or 'can be'. So, irresistibility is the quality of being 'not' able to be 'stood against', in other words something so attractive or strong you cannot refuse, like warm bread or a bright smile.