inalterable
1
7.4
- adjective
- /ɪˈnɔltərəbəl/
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inalterable
- The first phase is 1) tacit acceptance - where suppression and subordination are taken as a "necessary order of things" (DN: 22) and as "a fact of nature - inalterable, and therefore to be accepted,"
Examples
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Rather than struggling against seemingly inalterable structural forces and the individual employers and contractors in their lives that produced and reproduced those forces, putting up with it allowed farmworkers to focus on the care, improvement, and coping mechanisms that were most feasible.
Academic text (2017) -
Unfortunately, these two merging and steadily growing innate, under-the-radar control of the will of the people is on a course for an inalterable train wreck.
Blog text (19) -
On a global level, returning to pre-crisis economic growth rates will be complicated by the impending—and inalterable—trends in worldwide manpower availability.
Academic text (2010) -
School psychologists could now carve out at least part of their role as one of facilitating measurable change in student performance (as opposed to assessing presumably fixed, inalterable individual differences variables).
Academic text (2002) -
The bishop's words of prayer implicitly called for religious renewal in Mexico: "Oh Most Holy Mother, Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, Ark of the Divine Mexican Covenant, grant that through you and under your protection the Mexican Republic will be ever fortunate to remain and live each day more constant and firm in inalterable faith in Christ."
Academic text (2009) -
Her love for the mountains was inalterable, remaining unchanged despite the years spent living in the city.
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The law states that the rights of citizens are inalterable and cannot be modified by any government.
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Once the sculpture was completed, its inalterable form would stand in the garden for generations.
Synonyms
46
6.0
Not able to be changed back to how it was
14
7.3
No one can change it after it is made
14
8.1
Impossible to change or undo
7
6.1
A person who cannot change a strong habit or way of thinking
5
4.0
You cannot make it different
4
4.4
Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened
2
6.4
Impossible to change
1
8.8
Cannot be ended or broken, for example a marriage
1
9.9
A right or claim that cannot be taken away
1
9.6
Not able to be fixed or made better
No one can change it
Not able to be changed or replaced
Cannot fail, decay, or be destroyed and always stays true
Something you cannot change or fix
Impossible to move or change
A person who does not change their opinion when others try to persuade them
Cannot change into a different form or substance
You cannot change it into another form
Antonyms
How Changeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inalterable is made of the parts in- meaning 'not' and alter meaning 'change', and you can see alter in familiar words like alternative. So inalterable means 'not able to be changed'.