Ineluctable

Definition

 adjective

1. fated; unpreventable; not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; not to be escaped by struggling

 In epic fantasy, the main character has an ineluctable final challenge.

 

Word Origin

Latin

in (not, opposite of) + eluctabilis (that may be escaped from)

> eluctari (to struggle out of) 

> ex (out, out of) + luctari (to struggle)

 

Antonyms/near Antonyms

1: doubtful, avoidable, uncertain, improbable