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nounan unavoidable event
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adjectiveincapable of being avoided or prevented
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adjectiveinvariably occurring or appearing
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Definition that contains inevitable
- sure certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- certain certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- resign accept as inevitable
- submit accept as inevitable
- uncertain not certain to occur; not inevitable
- reconcile accept as inevitable
- determinism (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
- deterministic an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
- fatalism a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
- manifest destiny a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God)