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ineliminable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English eliminable English ineliminable From in- + eliminable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Unable to be eliminated.
    • Although ignorance of disability probably exaggerated the physical suffering of most people with disabilities in the minds of people without disabilities, the importance of ineliminable suffering must not be overlooked. 1996, Suan Wendell, The Rejected Body, Routledge, page 82:
    • Because both reasons make ineliminable reference to the deliberating agent's perspective, each nicely captures the thought that the demands of that perspective are bound to play some central role in any adequate justification of the searchlight view. 2009, George Sher, Who Knew? Responsibility Without Awareness, Oxford University Press, page 19:
    • In feminist thinking the masculine pronoun carries an ineliminable reference to the male sex, and therefore must be applied only to males. 2002 December, Roger Scruton, “Language and Ideology”, in The Literary Review:

Deriveds

ineliminably

Relateds

eliminable

Translations (1)

pt ineliminável (Translations)