Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.

    Near-synonyms: indelible, unsurrenderable, permanent

    An inalienable right is a right that cannot be given away nor taken away.

    unabdingbar

    неотчужда́емыйneotčuždájemyj, неотъе́млемыйneotʺjémlemyj

    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another

  2. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Our constitution endows us with certain inalienable rights.

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  2. You don't have an inalienable right to spread disease.

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  3. These rights are inalienable.

    deDiese Rechte sind unantastbar.

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  4. This is my inalienable right.

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  5. The same people who falsely accuse immigrants of spreading disease are arguing for their own inalienable right to spread disease.

    deDieselben Leute, welche Einwanderer fälschlich der Seuchenausbreitung bezichtigen, pochen auf ihr unabänderliches Recht, diese selbst zu betreiben.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable:

Origin

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivale

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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