irremovable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable English irremovable From ir- + removable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not removable; immovable; inflexible.
In the pursuit of its objectives the party creates a political machine which is virtually irremovable and can nearly always impose its will on the electors without violating the system of representation, while at the same time creating and furthering its own professional or factional interests.
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 281:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unremovable | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
irremovableness · irremovability · irremovably
Translations (4)
gv neuastyrtagh (not removable) · el αμετασάλευτος (not removable) · bg несменяем (not removable) · bg неотстраним (not removable)