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ineluctable
[
in-i-
luhk
-t
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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Origin
in·e·luc·ta·ble
/
ˌɪn
ɪˈlʌk
tə
bəl
/
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[
in-i-
luhk
-t
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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adjective
incapable of being evaded; inescapable:
an ineluctable destiny.
Origin:
1615–25;
<
Latin
inēluctābilis,
equivalent to
in-
in-
3
+
ēluctā
(
rī
) to force a way out or over, surmount (
ē-
e-
+
luctārī
to wrestle) +
-bilis
-ble
Related forms
in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty,
noun
in·e·luc·ta·bly,
adverb
Synonyms
inevitable, unavoidable.
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The first is simply the ever-changing,
ineluctable
tissue of songs that are popular.
The cradle advises, however, that this will ultimately fail through the
ineluctable
exigencies of demography.
Fact is that electronic social integration is
ineluctable
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The first is simply the ever-changing,
ineluctable
tissue of songs that are popular.
The cradle advises, however, that this will ultimately fail through the
ineluctable
exigencies of demography.
Fact is that electronic social integration is
ineluctable
.
The grace of a moving animal, in some
ineluctable
way, kindles still in us a sense of imitation.
We then no longer require the presence of the gods and oracles in order to understand the
ineluctable
power of fate.
It also signifies the convergence of two
ineluctable
restaurant trends.
Euphemism breeds contempt: that is an
ineluctable
law that no task force can repeal.
It is only with hindsight that these developments seem
ineluctable
.
The drink embodies an
ineluctable
clash between the automated and the ephemeral.
Ineluctable
demographic trends, they know, mean that the challenge will have to be faced one day:.
Lepidoptery has an
ineluctable
appeal to eccentrics and polymaths.
He was dogged by an
ineluctable
sorrow, the feeling always of being an outsider.
At the same time, there is a feeling of
ineluctable
fate.
Despite the simplicity of the idea of
ineluctable
progress, it is not the best hook for teaching history to children.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
ineluctable
(ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəb
ə
l)
—
adj
(esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
[C17: from Latin
inēluctābilis,
from
in-
1
+
ēluctārī
to escape, from
luctārī
to struggle]
inelucta'bility
—
n
ine'luctably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
ineluctable
1623, from L. ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not" + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" + luctari "to struggle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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