irreconcilable

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see also: Irreconcilable

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Adjective

irreconcilable

1. Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
2. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 26

     I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.

Synonyms

• (unable to be reconciled) hostile, hateful, antagonistic

Related terms

• irreconciliation

Translations

• French: irréconciliable
• German: unversöhnlich, unvereinbar, unverträglich
• Italian: irreconciliabile
• Russian: непримири́мый
• Spanish: irreconciliable

Noun

irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)

1. Something that cannot be reconciled.

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Irreconcilable

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Noun

irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)

1. (US, dated, slang) A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than live in a reunited United States.
2. (US, dated, slang) A vociferous opponent of the Treaty of Versailles.

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