INEXORABILITY

relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness

(noun) mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; “the relentlessness or their pursuit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inexorability (usually uncountable, plural inexorabilities)

The quality or state of being inexorable.

The inexorability of global warming gave people a reason to reduce automobile use.

Source: Wiktionary


In*ex`o*ra*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inexorabilitas: cf. F. inexorabilité.]

Definition: The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. Paley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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