Sitting in a prison cell, a young Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that, "Human progress never rolls on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be co-workers with God."
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Inevitability
/ɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti/
Synonyms for "inevitability" (103 found)
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Noun(2 words)
absolute certaintyabsolutenessact of godappointed lotassuranceassurednessastral influencesastrologybook of fatecertain knowledgecertainnesscertaintycertitudecoactioncompulsioncompulsivenessconstellationconstraintcup
Strong matches (31)
dead certaintydefinitenessdestinationdestinydeterminacydeterminatenessdies funestisdoomendenforcementfatalityfatefatefulnessforce majeureforcingforedoomfortunefridayfriday the thirteenthfuture
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (51)
inescapablenessinevasiblenessinevitable accidentinevitablenessinexorabilityinfallibilisminfallibilityinflexibilityirresistibilityirrevocabilitykismetlotmoiranecessitynonambiguitynoncontingencyobligationobligementplanetsportion
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positivenesspredestinationpredeterminationprobatumproved factrelentlessnessrestraintstarssurenesssuretytruthunambiguityunavoidable casualtyunavoidablenessuncontrollabilityundeflectabilityunequivocalnessunivocityunlucky dayunmistakablenessunpreventabilityunyieldingnessvis majorweirdwheel of fortunewill of heaven
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14 entriescertaintyconceptexistencefigure of speechforegone conclusionliterary devicenarrative techniqueoutcomephenomenonphilosophyprocessqualitysure thingtruth
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12 entriesaging inevitabilitybiological inevitabilitydeath inevitabilitydestiny tropedisease inevitabilityeconomic inevitabilityfate motifhistorical inevitabilitynatural inevitabilityphysical inevitabilitysocial inevitabilitytragic inevitability
Collocations
5 entrieseconomic inevitabilityhistorical inevitabilityinevitability of aginginevitability of changenatural inevitability
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7 total sentences available.
There is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death. This suggests to me that it is not at all inevitable and that it is only a matter of time before biologists discover what it is that is causing us the trouble.
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Humans worship choices. Alpha doesn't choose. It executes inevitability.
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Now, cramped and outclassed as Euston has become, rebuilding hangs over it with an awful inevitability.
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