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unavoidability

unavoidability

7.8
A situation that cannot be stopped or prevented
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnəˌvɔɪdəˈbɪləti/
translation icon : inevitabilidad
  • But the unavoidability of some influence does not settle what judges should aim to do.

Examples

  • For Bourne, history was never static; hence the unavoidability of change, migration, and the emergence of the "bans national" state.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Like so much else related to war, its unavoidability is a lie each and every time.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Whereas maybe the deception thing is, is more about the unavoidability of buying into it.

  • The unavoidability of deadlines means that we must start our project early.

  • Many people fear the unavoidability of aging, but it is a natural part of life.

  • The professor discussed the unavoidability of certain consequences in her lecture.

Synonyms

ineluctability
vsunavoidability
9.9

The fact that something cannot be avoided

is the same idea but expressed in more general, nontechnical language
inevitableness
vsunavoidability
7.9

A state where something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided

focuses on impossibility of escape rather than only certainty of occurrence

How Inevitable

inevitability
29 5.8
unavoidability
7.8

Surface Forms

unavoidability singular
unavoidabilities plural

Morphology

unavoidability = unavoidable (transparent) = un + avoid + ity

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'unavoidable' using '-ity', with 'unavoidable' itself transparently formed from 'un' + 'avoidable'.

Etymology

Unavoidability is built from un- 'not', avoid 'to stay away from', and -ability 'the quality of being', so it describes the quality of something you cannot stay away from or escape.