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irreconcilable Definition

ir·rec·on·cil·able (i rek′ən sīlə bəl)

adjective

that cannot be reconciled; that cannot be brought into agreement; incompatible, conflicting, or inconsistent

noun

  1. a person who is irreconcilable and refuses to make any compromise
  2. ideas, beliefs, etc. that cannot be brought into agreement with each other

irreconcilable Related Forms

ir′·rec′·on·cil′·abil·ity noun ir′·rec′·on·cil·ably adverb

irreconcilable Synonyms

irreconcilable

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irreconcilable Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • reconcile: They strive to reconcile the irreconcilable, don't they?
  • seem: Yet it seems irreconcilable with the unity of Brahman or Consciousness.
  • prove: It deals, firstly, with the widening gap between the mentality and values of Junteros and Africanistas that would ultimately prove irreconcilable.

Preposition: with

  • doctrine: Such difficulties can be explained and are in no way irreconcilable with the doctrine of inerrancy.
  • claim: Those tests were totally irreconcilable with the claims by both countries that they were committed to nuclear disarmament.

Modifies a noun

  • antagonism: Within a caste society there is an irreconcilable antagonism between the interests of the various castes.
  • contradiction: REPLY: I think there is an irreconcilable contradiction in this question.
  • disagreement: In such cases of irreconcilable disagreement between examiners, whether between internal and internal or internal and external, the external's decision prevails.
  • hostility: By the end of his life Muhammad's relationship with the Jews had deteriorated to the point of irreconcilable hostility.
  • conflict: In the case of an irreconcilable conflict, the patient has a legal right to a second opinion.
  • difference: She filed for divorce last August citing " irreconcilable differences " .

Modifying Another Word

  • seemingly: Their seemingly irreconcilable dreams threaten to tear them apart... .
  • apparently: Until we can rise above emotion into the thinking of God, we will never be able to reconcile these apparently irreconcilable views.
  • totally: Either view, if detailed, would be totally irreconcilable with the other.
  • not: They may vary and seem very different, but they are not irreconcilable.
  • utterly: Two world views, utterly irreconcilable: a philosophical chasm.
  • often: These often irreconcilable goals led to many of the problems with the process.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Most people like these ideas but once you get to the details of how they exactly " want it " , differences seems irreconcilable.
  • appear: The six resulting hypotheses create a split among the party that appears irreconcilable.