noninevitability

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ inevitability

Noun[edit]

noninevitability (uncountable)

  1. The property of not being inevitable, of perhaps being avoidable.
    • 2008 February 1, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
      CHARLOTTE GIBBONS AND CLARINDA MAC LOW (Friday and Saturday) Ms. Gibbons will present “disappearing never-ending return,” which she describes as a dance of lightness, possibilities and noninevitability. Ms. MacLow will present “Rui(nation),” an exploration of the seductive nature of power and authority that is loosely based on Shakespeare ’s “Macbeth.”