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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

ineluctable Related Forms
in′·eluc′·tabil′·ity noun in′·eluc′·tably adverb
ineluctable Synonyms

ineluctable

modif.

certain, inevitable, unavoidable; see inevitable.

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.