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Irreconcilable

adjective / ir-ek-uh-SY-luh-buhl / Medium
Meaning

Incapable of being brought into agreement or harmony; fundamentally incompatible

Origin / Etymology

From Latin irreconciliabilis, from in- ('not') + reconciliare ('to reconcile')

Synonyms
Incompatible Unresolvable Antithetical
Antonyms
Compatible Reconcilable Harmonious
Example Sentence
"Classical Indian political thought developed within a hierarchical social order whose assumptions about status and birth are irreconcilable with constitutional equality, requiring conscious selectivity in drawing on its ethical vocabulary today."
🎯 UPSC Usage

Use in GS4 ethics and GS1 history answers to flag a genuine tension between two frameworks that cannot both be fully honoured, e.g., 'the hierarchy embedded in the classical text is irreconcilable with Article 14.'

Relevant Subjects
History Culture
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