MEANING
In a way that makes things so closely connected that they cannot be separated.
Use it for
describing social processes that cannot be understood independently; showing that a concept depends on its context; emphasizing an inseparable connection without claiming one-way causationExpresses a connection that cannot meaningfully be separated, rather than merely noting an association. Academic functions: Causation / Relationships.
Words that belong together
- inextricably linked
- inextricably intertwined
- inextricably bound up with
On the page
The account presents economic reform as inextricably linked to changes in political authority.
In this reading, the narrator’s identity is inextricably bound up with the language of the city.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- inextricably
Usage notes
Adverb, commonly inextricably linked, bound up with, or intertwined. No inflected forms. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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