inalterability

State of fixedness

Inalterability is the quality of being impossible to change or modify.

The word appears in formal or philosophical contexts discussing things considered permanent or immutable: the inalterability of physical laws, the supposed inalterability of human nature.

Something with inalterability resists all attempts at modification.

certainty

inevitability

Quality of being unavoidable

definiteness · incontestability · unquestionability · conclusiveness · undeniability · irrevocability · finality · decisiveness · determinacy · indisputability

permanence

immutability

Inability to change

invariability · perpetuity · eternity · timelessness · endurance · irreversibility · lastingness · everlastingness · indefiniteness · indestructibility

immovability

fixedness

State of being stationary

stationariness · rootedness · unshakability · firmness · solidness · steadiness · entrenchment · secureness · intransigence · unbendingness

resolve

steadfastness

Firm loyal dedication

resoluteness · commitment · dedication · faithfulness · loyalty · devotion · fidelity · fortitude · perseverance · staunchness

Opposites
capacity for change

inalterabilityalterability

Capacity to be changed

changeability · modifiability · mutability · variability · convertibility

permanence vs. temporariness

inalterabilitytransience

Brevity of existence

impermanence · temporariness · ephemerality · fleetingness · evanescence

rigidity vs. adaptability

inalterabilityflexibility

Ability to adapt easily

adaptability · pliability · suppleness · elasticity · versatility

Family

alter, alternative, alternate, altered, alteration, altering, unaltered, altercation, unalterable

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