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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Related words (51)
inevasiblenessinevitable accidentinevitablenessinexorabilityinfallibilisminfallibilityinflexibilityirresistibilityirrevocabilitykismetlotmoiranonambiguitynoncontingencyobligationobligementplanetsportionpositivenesspredestination
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predeterminationprobatumproved factrelentlessnessrestraintstarssurenesssuretytruthunambiguityunavoidabilityunavoidable casualtyunavoidablenessuncontrollabilityundeflectabilityunequivocalnessunivocityunlucky dayunmistakablenessunpreventabilityunyieldingnessvis majorweirdwheel of fortunewill of heaven
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28 translations across 13 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçılmazlıq noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Dutch
2 entries- onvermijdelijkheid noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- onvermijdelijkheid noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
Finnish
2 entries- väistämättömyys noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- väistämättömyys noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
Georgian
1 entries- გარდაუვალობა noun (the condition of being inevitable)
German
4 entries- Unausweichlichkeit noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- Unausweichlichkeit noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
- Unvermeidlichkeit noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- Zwangsläufigkeit noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Greek
2 entries- αναπόφευκτο noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- αναπόφευκτο noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkerülhetetlenség noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Japanese
3 entries- 不可避 noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- 必然 noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- 必然性 noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Romanian
2 entries- inevitabilitate noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- inevitabilitate noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
Russian
2 entries- неизбе́жность noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- неотврати́мость noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Spanish
1 entries- inevitabilidad noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Swedish
4 entries- ofrånkomlighet noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- ofrånkomlighet noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
- oundviklighet noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- oundviklighet noun (an inevitable condition or outcome)
Ukrainian
2 entries- невідворо́тність noun (the condition of being inevitable)
- немину́чість noun (the condition of being inevitable)
Sample sentences
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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