irreversibility

Examples

• All

• As you know, in recent months I have repeatedly stressed the irreversibility of the euro.

  Blog text (9)

• After a certain point, humanity could very well arrive at a moment of irreversibility.

  Academic text (1994)

• A central question about the decision process concerns its irreversibility.

  Academic text (1995)

• The size and irreversibility of current Soviet arms reductions have been questioned.

  Academic text (1990)

• The imminence of death is the psychologically unpleasant reminder of the irreversibility of time.

  Academic text (1998)

• Long-term sea-level rise and possible discontinuities and irreversibilities in the climate system should be considered.

  Academic text (2002)

• Dixit and Pindyck (1994) use the irreversibility of investments to explain why high discount rates characterize rational decision-making.

  Academic text (2000)

• The Earth system is rife with feedback, nonlinear synergies, thresholds, and irreversibilities that confound our intuition.

  Academic text (2002)

• The irreversibility of climate change means that we cannot undo the damage already done to the planet.

• The scientist explained that the irreversibility of the chemical reaction meant they could not go back to the original compounds.

Synonyms

I

immutability

vsirreversibility

1 8.5

A state of not changing over time

focuses on not being reversible rather than simply staying constant

I

irrevocability

vsirreversibility

1 9.9

The state of being impossible to change or take back

focuses on inability to go back to a previous state rather than finality

I

irretrievability

vsirreversibility

1 9.9

A situation where you cannot get something back, like deleted files or lost memories

emphasizes failure to return to the original state rather than mere loss

I

inexorability

vsirreversibility

• Formal

1 9.9

Something that cannot be stopped or changed

refers specifically to inability to reverse an action rather than inevitability

I

irreparability

vsirreversibility

8.7

A thing that cannot be fixed or made like new

is about not being able to reverse a change back to original form

I

irredeemability

vsirreversibility

9.9

The state of being unable to be fixed or made right

concerns inability to undo or return things to their former state

U

unalterability

vsirreversibility

9.6

A state in which something like a rule cannot change

stresses that the process cannot be turned back to its prior condition

U

unchangeableness

vsirreversibility

8.6

A state of staying the same over time without becoming different

highlights inability to return to an earlier state rather than mere habit

U

unchangeability

vsirreversibility

7.4

The quality of not changing over time

is about actions or events that cannot be turned back to before

I

immutableness

vsirreversibility

9.9

A state of not changing over time

centres on an action or process that cannot be reversed to previous form

I

indissolubility

vsirreversibility

• Formal

9.4

A situation people cannot end or break, often for agreements like marriage vows

is broader, focusing on inability to undo a prior state rather than legal permanence

I

incorruptibility

vsirreversibility

• Specialized

8.6

A record or system whose data cannot be changed after it is stored

shares unchangeability but narrows to data integrity rather than general undoing

Antonyms

R

reversibility

• Specialized

1 6.6

The ability to return to the original state

How Reversible

reversibility

• Specialized

1 6.6

permanence

15 5.5

irreversibility

1 8.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology