irreconcilable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“to reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
Meanings
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Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
[T]he fact that the peccant doctor [Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet] continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind.
1921, Lytton Strachey, “Lord Melbourne”, in Queen Victoria, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, section VI, page 82:
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Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXVI, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:According to Marx and Engels, Lenin points out, the state is the result of irreconcilable class antagonisms, but not in the sense that it harmonizes them or arbitrates between them; on the contrary, the state as such has hitherto always been the instrument whereby the possessing classes have coerced the oppressed classes.
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 498:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most irreconcilable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more irreconcilable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
irreconcilable differences · irreconcilability · irreconcilably · irreconcilableness
Relateds
Synonyms
antagonistic (unable to be reconciled) · hostile (unable to be reconciled) · hateful (unable to be reconciled)
Translations (34)
ja 憎い (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · de unvereinbar (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · ja 敵対する (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · fi taipumaton (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · ja 和解できない (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nb uforenlig (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nb uforsonlig (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · fi tinkimätön (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · ca irreconciliable (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · az uzlaşmaz (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · it irreconciliabile (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · hu kibékíthetetlen (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · uk непримире́нний (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · de unverträglich (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · de unversöhnlich (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · be непрыміры́мы (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · ru непримири́мый (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · uk непримири́мий (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nl onverzoenlijk (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · bg непримирим (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nb uforenelig (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · da uforenelig (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · pl niemożliwy do pogodzenia (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · bg несъвместим (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nl onverenigbaar (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · fr irréconciliable (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · az barışmaz (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · fi leppymätön (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · la dissociābilis (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · pt irreconciliável (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · hu összeegyeztethetetlen (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · nl irreconciliabel (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · ro ireconciliabil (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising) · es irreconciliable (unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising)