inalienable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/ (US)
- /ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
Liberalism in Struve's sense is above all a nominalist conception, rejecting the idea that any suprapersonal collective entity such as society or the state can claim to encroach upon the inalienable rights of the individual, his freedom and urge towards unlimited self-perfection.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 369:An inalienable right is a right that cannot be given away nor taken away.
"Know thy own worth, and reverence the lyre," is a line that should be as a fillet bound round the brow—a philactory embroidered on the garments of every son and daughter of Adam distinguished by the possession of that sacred gift, which, whether used or abused, applauded in itself or derided in its possessor, is the highest and the most inalienable distinction humanity ever has or ever can be gifted with, whether bestowed on the highest or the humblest being, in the great mass to which we all belong.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 252:Near-synonyms: indelible, unsurrenderable, permanent
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.
Just as some languages have a "be" for permanent states (which are essential) and a different "be" for temporary states (which are incidental), some languages have a "have" for unchangeable possession (which is inalienable) and a different "have" for changeable possession (which is alienable).
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
inalienably · inalienably · inalienableness
Relateds
Synonyms
unalienable · unalienable · unsurrenderable · indelible · permanent
Translations (26)
hu elidegeníthetetlen (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · hy անօտարելի (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · he שאין להעבירו לאחר (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · cmn 不可转让的 (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · ru неотчужда́емый (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · la inaliēnābilis (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · sv oförytterlig (grammar: of a noun class belonging to a special class) · gd do-dhealaichte (grammar: of a noun class belonging to a special class) · nl onvervreemdbaar (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · bg непрехвърляем (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · gv neuchaghlaaee (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · pl niezbywalny (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · fi erottamaton (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · de unabdingbar (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · pt inalienável (grammar: of a noun class belonging to a special class) · es inalienable (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · cs nezcizitelný (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · ru неотъе́млемый (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · mk нео́туѓив (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · it inalienabile (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · pt inalienável (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · fr inaliénable (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · ca inalienable (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · gd do-dhealachaidh (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · az ayrılmaz (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable) · el αναφαίρετος (incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable)