Ineluctable

//ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

    "God indeed (if it please him) can by his absolute power over his Creature, make him act this thing, or take that thing, by ineluctable Necessity, and whether he will or no."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to avoid or evade wordnet

Synonyms

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inevitableabsoluteapodicticautomaticavoidlessbound

Example

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"The two of us have parted, and we must forget each other; ineluctable fate forbids our ever meeting again."

Etymology

From Middle French inéluctable, from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.

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