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US/ɪnˌek.sər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
UK/ɪnˌek.sər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
the quality of continuing in a way that cannot be stopped or changed, whatever people do
In context
Nothing could stop the inexorability of the flood once the dam began to crack.
The novel is about the inexorability of fate and the weakness of human plans.
Historians debate the inexorability of the war, asking whether anyone could have prevented it.
Words that go with inexorability
noun + preposition
- inexorability of fateThe poem reflects on the inexorability of fate.
- inexorability of timeHe felt the inexorability of time as his hair turned gray.
- inexorability of changeManagers must accept the inexorability of change.
- inexorability of historyMarx wrote about the inexorability of historical change.
- sense of inexorabilityThe film gives a growing sense of inexorability.