ineluctable
ineluctable
Definition
in·eluc·table (in′i luk′tə bəl)
adjective
not to be avoided or escaped; certain; inevitable ineluctable fate
Etymology: L ineluctabilis < in-, not + eluctabilis, that can be resisted by struggling < eluctari, to struggle < ex-, out + luctari, to struggle < IE base *leug-, to bend > lock, Gr lygos, supple twig
in′·eluc′·tabil′·ity noun
in′·eluc′·tably adverb
ineluctable
Synonyms
ineluctable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- conclusion: We think of ourselves as logical, as able to move in deductive order through a set of arguments from beginning to ineluctable conclusion.
- fact: They pass off highly controversial assumptions as tho they are ineluctable fact.
- part: The phrase ' family newspaper ' is an ineluctable part of our lives.
- logic: Such, it would seem to me, is the ineluctable logic of the concept of hegemony.
- slide: The period from now until the end of the war in 1453 demonstrated an apparently ineluctable downhill slide.
- sense: The outrageousness Hoyland hopes to achieve is moderated by his ineluctable sense of dynamics, which means also his structural control of each work.
Modifying Another Word
- apparently: The period from now until the end of the war in 1453 demonstrated an apparently ineluctable downhill slide.
Browse dictionary entries near ineluctable
- ineloquent
- ineligible
- inelegant
- inelegance
- inelasticity of demand
- inelastic collision
- inelastic
- inefficiently
- inefficient market
- inefficient
- ineludible
- inept
- ineptitude
- inequality
- inequitable
- inequity
- inequivalve
- ineradicable
- inerasable
- inerrable
