Meanings
- uncountableThe characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
Mr Chatton's manner was that of a well-meaning man who habitually blundered from a too conscientious sense of duty, knew it all along, and was pained at the inevitableness of the recurring catastrophe.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
The Greek was acutely conscious that the day would come when he should no longer behold the radiant light of the sun; but his sense of the inevitableness of death did not carry with it the idea that he was predestined to die at the very hour when death actually came upon him.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 145
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being unavoidable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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