incoercibleadj.
/ɪnkəʊˈəːsɪb(ə)l/ 1. That cannot be coerced, restrained, or overpowered by force; irrepressible.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]
truea1225
certain1297
standing1457
surec1475
stable1481
finite1493
resident1525
determinate1526
staid?1541
constantc1550
undiscomfitablea1555
inveterate1563
sound1565
unwanderinga1569
fixed1574
undisturbable1577
wishly1578
unremovable1579
inveterated1597
immoved1599
rigid1610
staple1621
consistent1648
irradicable1728
incoercible1756
hard and fast1822
unstrangulable1824
lockstep1831
statical1853
static1856
flatline1946
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable
steerlessc888
rebelc1400
untemperable?1571
effrenated1587
incontrollable1605
unrepressable1607
commandless1609
unmasterable1618
masterless1619
effrenable1621
uncontrollable1648
unrulable1672
ungovernable1673
governless1679
unrepressible1776
incoercible1804
irrepressible1811
bronco1866
intemperable1898
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 126 Heat..when confined, causes incoercible explosions.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 337 They [the American ministers] must abide by the incoercible result of popular suffrage.
1896 Daily News 23 June 6/1 She called upon me while suffering from an attack of incoercible sickness.
2. † b. Incapable of being liquefied by pressure: formerly said of some gases. Obsolete.
a. Incapable of being confined; volatile.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > connected with or producing vaporization > able to be vaporized > volatile
flying1471
spirituala1500
volatile1605
fugitive1666
fugacious1671
volitablea1690
incoercible1710
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 192 Flatus..an invisible, impalpable, and incoercible Spirit.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 166 An acid of extreme subtility, almost incoercible.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. Introd. p. xli Speaking of the imponderable incoercible fluids, and specifying heat, electricity, the magnetic fluid [etc.].
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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > gaseous phase > [adjective] > properties
elastical1660
elastic1681
self-repellent1803
self-repelling1803
self-repulsive1832
perfect1849
incoercible1861
1861 B. Silliman Princ. Physics (ed. 2) §256 It [the atmosphere] is composed of two incoercible gases, nitrogen and oxygen.
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