implacableness

/ˌɪmˈpɫækəbəɫnəs/ noun

The quality of being implacable.

Word Origin From Latin placare 'to appease, calm' — implacable means 'not able to be calmed.' Implacableness is the state of being relentless, unsoothable. The root placare gives us placate, placid (calm), placebo (I shall please), please, pleasant, pleasure, and complacent (thoroughly pleased). The PIE root *plak- meant 'to be flat, calm,' like a calm sea. So implacableness is the opposite of that flat calm.

noun The quality of being implacable. countable

His implacableness in negotiations made compromise impossible.

(名词) 难以平息性;不可调和性

他在谈判中毫不妥协的态度使得和解变得不可能。

(sustantivo) La cualidad de ser implacable.

Su implacabilidad en las negociaciones hizo imposible cualquier compromiso.

(nom) implacabilité; acharnement; intransigeance; inflexibilité [Caractère de ce qui est implacable ; intransigeance absolue.]

Son implacableness dans les négociations a rendu tout compromis impossible.

(Substantiv) Unversöhnlichkeit [Die Eigenschaft, unversöhnlich oder unnachgiebig zu sein.]

Seine **implacableness** in den Verhandlungen machte jeden Kompromiss unmöglich.

(名詞) なだめられないこと、執念深さ。

交渉における彼の非妥協性により、妥協は不可能だった。

(substantivo) intransigência; inflexibilidade; severidade; implacabilidade [A qualidade de ser implacável.]

Sua implacabilidade nas negociações tornou o compromisso impossível.

Word parts: im + plac + able + ness

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