irresistibilityn.
/ɪrɪzɪstɪˈbɪlɪti/ 1.
a. The quality of being irresistible or incapable of being withstood.In early use chiefly with reference to the doctrine of ‘irresistible grace’, irresistibleness being otherwise the more common word.
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the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > quality of being incapable of being withstood
irresistibilitya1631
irresistiblenessa1631
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > graciousness or grace > irresistibility of
irresistibilitya1631
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance > ability to be resisted > without
unresistiblenessa1635
irresistibility1718
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 255 Resistibility, and Irresistibility of grace, which is every Artificers wearing now, was..a language that pure antiquity spake not.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila vii. xcviii. 107 For Peace, what passeth Understandings Eye! Pow'r, Irresistabilitie!
1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 342 O Irresistibility, Irresistibility! thou takest away all Sin and all Goodness, because thou takest away all will to either.
1718 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. Observ. 1025 The..leaping of the Stone,..the Irresistibility, and the Augmentation of Force in its Progress.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xii. 184 Ferdinand..had the charge of attacking; and he did it with his usual impetus and irresistibility.
b. The quality of being irresistibly fascinating.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature > fascinating
charming1720
irresistibility1763
charm1830
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > irresistibility
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1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. 70 [He] descended, like Adonis from the carr of Venus,..full of the idea of his own irresistibility.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 193 I was fairly coaxed into some articles by the irresistibility of the sellers.
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society > law > law enforcement > [noun] > not being lawfully resistible
irresistibility1643
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 128 There is then no speciall Prerogative or irresistability given to kings by this Text in injurious violent Courses.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 131 The Argument..for the absolute Soveraigntie and irresistibility of Kings.
1797 J. Boucher View Causes Amer. Revol. xii. 547 The injudicious defenders of this doctrine, who..have argued for the exclusive irresistibility of kings.
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