inexorability

Examples

• All

• The inexorability of time means that we all grow older each day.

• So if you haven't reached the point of inexorability over this sexual issue, don't bother with a divorce threat.

  Blog text (7)

• So Wikileaks is a manifestation of something that has been growing all around us for decades, with volcanic inexorability.

  Blog text (26)

• If so, despite the apparent inexorability of First Amendment libertarianism over the course of the twentieth century, a theoretical retrenchment might be possible.

  Academic text (1996)

• If they cried for something, it was supplied by Millie within her powers, or the doctor was called to subjugate the inexorabilities of a world that made, surely, poor provision for such exceptional babies.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The next step in establishing the inexorability of this crisis of caring involves answering one of the critiques of Walker's GVP, that "just as there are no genes for intelligence?"

  Academic text (2014)

• His political reflection is open to the criticism that he does not sufficiently recognize the inexorability of what Tocqueville called the "democratic revolution" and hence the progressive assault on social privilege as a bulwark against tyranny.

  Academic text (2001)

• The inexorability of the storm approaching made us hurry to seek shelter.

Synonyms

I

inevitability

vsinexorability

29 5.8

Something that cannot be avoided and will happen

focuses more on unstoppable force or refusal to be persuaded rather than simple certainty

I

invincibility

vsinexorability

9 7.6

A state in which someone cannot be defeated

is broader, stressing certainty of outcome and refusal to be persuaded rather than victory

R

relentlessness

vsinexorability

2 7.5

A quality of not stopping, often showing harsh or strong action

often adds a sense of unstoppable motion beyond mere persistence

I

irrevocability

vsinexorability

1 9.9

The state of being impossible to change or take back

focuses on inability to reverse rather than active unyielding drive

I

indefatigability

vsinexorability

• Formal

1 9.9

Not getting tired and continuing to work very hard

puts more weight on unstoppable progression and refusal to be persuaded rather than stamina

I

indomitability

vsinexorability

1 9.4

A strong will to keep trying and not be defeated

focuses more on unstoppable course and certainty to occur than on resistance to defeat

I

indefectibility

vsinexorability

1 9.9

The state of being unable to fail, end, or be destroyed

leans toward active unavoidable progression rather than mere durability

I

inexorableness

vsinexorability

• Formal

9.9

The quality of not stopping no matter what happens

is identical in meaning but differs only in word form

I

ineluctability

vsinexorability

9.9

The fact that something cannot be avoided

highlights unavoidable nature but lacks the sense of determined force

U

unalterability

vsinexorability

9.6

A state in which something like a rule cannot change

adds a sense of unstoppable progression rather than mere fixedness

U

unchangeability

vsinexorability

7.4

The quality of not changing over time

adds the sense of unstoppable intent and refusal to be persuaded

U

unchangeableness

vsinexorability

8.6

A state of staying the same over time without becoming different

is more active and unstoppable rather than passive unchanging state

I

implacability

vsinexorability

• Formal

9.5

Hard to calm or please and not likely to change

is about unavoidable outcome rather than emotional harshness

I

indefatigableness

vsinexorability

• Formal

9.9

The ability to keep working without getting tired

highlights unavoidable progression and refusal to alter direction rather than stamina

I

indissolubility

vsinexorability

• Formal

9.4

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

is about inevitable, unstoppable force rather than formal permanence or legal status

Antonyms

F

flexibility

153 3.6

Ability to change plans or actions easily to fit new situations

Y

yielding

4.8

Willing to agree easily and give up their own view

How Inevitable

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

inexorability

• Formal

1 9.9

probability

473 3.6

possibility

∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology