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inevitableness

inevitableness

7.9
A state where something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided
  • noun
  • /ɪˈnɛvɪtəblnəs/
translation icon : inevitabilidad
  • She accepted the inevitableness of the outcome after months of uncertainty.

Examples

  • The inevitableness of change is a fundamental aspect of life.

  • Understanding the inevitableness of aging can help us appreciate our lives more.

  • How do you prove the relevance, inevitableness, and necessity of the CPN-Maoist, which has recently formed by the split of UCPN (Maoist)?

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Synonyms

inevitability
vsinevitableness
29 5.8

Something that cannot be avoided and will happen

has identical meaning but uses a different noun ending
inexorability
vsinevitableness
  • Formal
1 9.9

Something that cannot be stopped or changed

focuses on being certain to happen rather than on force or determination
unavoidability
vsinevitableness
7.8

A situation that cannot be stopped or prevented

is about being certain to happen rather than mere difficulty to avoid
ineluctability
vsinevitableness
9.9

The fact that something cannot be avoided

stresses certainty of occurrence rather than mere escape difficulty
inexorableness
vsinevitableness
  • Formal
9.9

The quality of not stopping no matter what happens

emphasizes certainty of outcome rather than human unyielding force

How Certain

certainty
  • Literature
202 3.4
inevitableness
7.9
probability
473 3.6
likelihood
274 3.6
possibility
2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

inevitableness = inevitable (transparent) = inevitable + ness

The noun is a straightforward '-ness' nominalization of the adjective 'inevitable', meaning 'the quality of being inevitable'.

Etymology

Inevitableness comes from the parts in- 'not' and the same root as English avoid 'to avoid', with the ending -ness which makes a noun 'a state'. So it literally means 'the state of not being able to be avoided', which is why it means the state or quality of something you cannot avoid.