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ineluctable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French inéluctable (whence in- + e- and -able), from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.

  1. Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

    God indeed (if it please him) can by his absolute power over his Creature, make him act this thing, or take that thing, by ineluctable Necessity, and whether he will or no.

    They have come under the yoke of ineluctable slavery.