Inexorability
noun
The quality of being impossible to stop or prevent.
Despite their attempts to plead, there was an inexorability about the outcome of the trial.
Often appears as...
- inexorability of fate
- inexorability of time
noun
The quality of being persistent and relentless.
The inexorability of her ambition separated her from the rest of her colleagues.
Often appears as...
- inexorability of pursuit
- inexorability of effort
noun
The quality of being impossible to stop or prevent.
Despite their attempts to plead, there was an inexorability about the outcome of the trial.
Often appears as...
- inexorability of fate
- inexorability of time
noun
The quality of being persistent and relentless.
The inexorability of her ambition separated her from the rest of her colleagues.
Often appears as...
- inexorability of pursuit
- inexorability of effort
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unstoppable Force
Use 'inexorability' to describe events or forces that cannot be stopped, like nature or fate.
The inexorability of the hurricane terrified the inhabitants.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Control
Emphasizes situations where no action can change the outcome, showing helplessness.
He felt the inexorability of the aging process.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
Often used in literature to build tension by showing that a character cannot avoid their fate.
The inexorability of the prophecy hung over the hero's every move.
Pro Tip 1/3Unstoppable Force
Use 'inexorability' to describe events or forces that cannot be stopped, like nature or fate.
The inexorability of the hurricane terrified the inhabitants.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Control
Emphasizes situations where no action can change the outcome, showing helplessness.
He felt the inexorability of the aging process.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
Often used in literature to build tension by showing that a character cannot avoid their fate.
The inexorability of the prophecy hung over the hero's every move.
Pro Tip 1/3Unstoppable Force
Use 'inexorability' to describe events or forces that cannot be stopped, like nature or fate.
The inexorability of the hurricane terrified the inhabitants.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Control
Emphasizes situations where no action can change the outcome, showing helplessness.
He felt the inexorability of the aging process.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Drama
Often used in literature to build tension by showing that a character cannot avoid their fate.
The inexorability of the prophecy hung over the hero's every move.
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Quote examples
Jay Parini
American Writer
As with all great works of literature, 'Of Mice and Men' moves with the inexorability of a huge river, and it pours itself, exhausts itself, in the sea of our unconscious. Having read it, we carry the book inside us forever.
Quote examples
Jay Parini
American Writer
As with all great works of literature, 'Of Mice and Men' moves with the inexorability of a huge river, and it pours itself, exhausts itself, in the sea of our unconscious. Having read it, we carry the book inside us forever.
Example 1 of 1
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