irreconcilable

[ih-rek-uh n-sahy-luh-buh l, ih-rek-uh n-sahy-]

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adjective

incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
incapable of being made to acquiesce or compromise; implacably opposed: irreconcilable enemies.

noun

a person or thing that is irreconcilable.
a person who is opposed to agreement or compromise.

Origin of irreconcilable

First recorded in 1590–1600; ir-² + reconcilable

Related formsir·rec·on·cil·a·bil·i·ty, ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble·ness, nounir·rec·on·cil·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for irreconcilable

Contemporary Examples

Many argue that Beijing and Moscow have differing interests, and indeed, some of them are irreconcilable.
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Gordon G. Chang
November 13, 2014
Politics in my old Kentucky home has, for centuries, been awash in irreconcilable contradictions.
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Jonathan Miller
October 17, 2013
Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam.
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The Daily Beast Video
June 4, 2009

Historical Examples

And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
There necessarily exists a permanent and irreconcilable conflict of interest.
Freeland
Theodor Hertzka
There is in them an irreconcilable mixture of fury and formalism.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
John Ruskin
The differences of opinion among them were so great as apparently to be irreconcilable.
Little Masterpieces of Science:
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We seem to find that the ideal of knowledge is irreconcilable with experience.
Meno
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for irreconcilable

irreconcilable

adjective

not able to be reconciled; uncompromisingly conflicting; incompatible

noun

a person or thing that is implacably hostile or uncompromisingly opposed
(usually plural) one of various principles, ideas, etc, that are incapable of being brought into agreement

Derived Formsirreconcilability or irreconcilableness, nounirreconcilably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for irreconcilable

adj.

1590s, from French irréconcilable (16c.), from Medieval Latin *irreconcilabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reconcilabilis (see reconcile). Related: Irreconcilably. As a noun from 1748.

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Examples from the Web for irreconcilable

Contemporary Examples

Many argue that Beijing and Moscow have differing interests, and indeed, some of them are irreconcilable.

Politics in my old Kentucky home has, for centuries, been awash in irreconcilable contradictions.

Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam.

Historical Examples

And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.

There necessarily exists a permanent and irreconcilable conflict of interest.

There is in them an irreconcilable mixture of fury and formalism.

The differences of opinion among them were so great as apparently to be irreconcilable.

We seem to find that the ideal of knowledge is irreconcilable with experience.

irreconcilable

Word Origin and History for irreconcilable

adj.

Origin of irreconcilable