irresolvability
Cannot be settled
Irresolvability is the quality of being impossible to solve or settle.
Some disputes have an irresolvability that makes compromise futile: The irresolvability of their differences led to divorce.
The term appears in philosophical and technical contexts where problems resist any satisfactory resolution.
Situation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- unanswerableImpossible to refute
- unresolvableImpossible to settle
intransigent · unyielding · immovable · unworkable · infeasible · impracticable · incurable · irreparable
Seemingly absurd truth
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- infinite regressUnending causal chain
undecidable · incompleteness · Zeno · antimony · self-reference · circularity · regress
Lack of fixed outcome
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- inconclusivenessLack of definite outcome
- indecisionFailure to decide
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
vagueness · tentativeness · equivocation · open-endedness · questionability · incertitude · indefiniteness · nebulousness
Lasting without interruption
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- enduringPersisting through time
- chronicPersisting over time
unending · lasting · ongoing · protracted · lingering · sustained · continuous · unrelenting
State of elaborate complexity
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- multifacetedHaving many dimensions
knotty · tangled · convoluted · Byzantine · Gordian · thorny · complicated · intricate
impasse
Situation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- unanswerableImpossible to refute
unresolvable · intransigent · unyielding · immovable · unworkable · infeasible · impracticable · incurable · irreparable · irremediable
paradox
Seemingly absurd truth
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
infinite regress · undecidable · incompleteness · Zeno · antimony · self-reference · circularity · regress
indeterminacy
Lack of fixed outcome
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- inconclusivenessLack of definite outcome
- indecisionFailure to decide
unpredictability · vagueness · tentativeness · equivocation · open-endedness · questionability · incertitude · indefiniteness · nebulousness · murkiness
perpetual
Lasting without interruption
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- enduringPersisting through time
chronic · unending · lasting · ongoing · protracted · lingering · sustained · continuous · unrelenting
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
multifaceted · knotty · tangled · convoluted · Byzantine · Gordian · thorny · complicated · intricate · nested
irresolvabilityresolvability
Capacity to be settled
solvability · decidability · resolution · tractability · reconcilability
irresolvabilitydecidability
Algorithmic resolution capability
determinacy · answerability · knowability · certainty · definiteness
resolve, solution, resolution, resolved, dissolve, resolute, unresolved, solvent, solvable