inevitability.

The condition of being impossible to prevent or escape.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• apparent inevitability
• historical inevitability

On the page

The essay questions the apparent inevitability of the collapse.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.