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inalienable
[in-eyl-yuh-nuh-buhl, -ey-lee-uh-]
adjective
not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied; not alienable.
inalienable rights, freedoms, and liberties; an inalienable territory; inalienable principles and values.
Synonyms: , , ,
inalienable
/ ɪˈɪəəə /
adjective
not able to be transferred to another; not alienable
the inalienable rights of the citizen
Other Word Forms
- inalienability noun
- inalienableness noun
- inalienably adverb
- ˌԲˈٲ noun
- ˈԲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of inalienable1
Example Sentences
The Indian ministry has said that labelling the jewels as "duplicates" is misleading and that these relics make up the "inalienable religious and cultural heritage" of India.
The UN has argued blocking Unrwa amounts to a violation of the Palestinians inalienable right to self-determination.
Our history is marked by many instances in which people’s inalienable rights have been violated or when they were targeted in spite of their adherence to and belief in our “civil religion.”
There are two inalienable truths in politics that bear repeating: governing is difficult and assembling an electable opposition is difficult.
And with the affordability that he could guarantee, it was practically middle-class Americans’ democratic duty, to hear him tell it, to exercise their inalienable right to see London, Paris and Rome.
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When To Use
Inalienable describes things, especially rights, that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred to another person.Inalienable means the same thing as unalienable, which is no longer in common use. However, unalienable is closely associated with the phrase unalienable rights due to its appearance in the U.S. Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”Thomas Jefferson actually used inalienable in early drafts of the Declaration of Independence, but the spelling was changed for the final draft. Unalienable was the preferred spelling until around the 1830s, but inalienable has completely replaced it in regular use.Alienable is a word, but it’s rarely used. It means able to be sold or transferred.Example: We work to make the founders’ words true—that everyone has the inalienable right to freedom.
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