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unavoidability

unavoidability

1 7.8
A situation that cannot be stopped or prevented
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnəˌvɔɪdəˈbɪləti/
: 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
1 9.9

The fact that something cannot be avoided

is the same idea but expressed in more general, nontechnical language
inevitableness
vsunavoidability
1 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
27 5.8
unavoidability
1 7.8

Surface Forms

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.