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Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kōshigatai chikara
"時代的変化は抗しがたい力である。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An unstoppable power, influence, or momentum that cannot be checked, stopped, or resisted.
"The cultural shift toward digital media acted as an irresistible force transforming the publishing industry." - 2
The first component of the classic philosophical paradox concerning a force that can move any obstacle.
"Physicists and philosophers still debate the logical implications of an irresistible force encountering an immovable object."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term derives from the ancient philosophical paradox of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, originating in Chinese philosophical traditions around the paradox of the spear and shield (ma Dun). In English, the phrase was synthesized during the 19th century as a conceptual idiom representing an unstoppable power or influence against which nothing can prevail.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Irresistible Force" is said worldwide
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force irrésistible
Transliteration: fɔʁs i.ʁe.zis.tibl
"Le progrès technologique est une force irrésistible."
unwiderstehliche Kraft
Transliteration: ˈʊnvɐˌzɛstɛçləkə kʁaft
"Der Trend erwies sich als unwiderstehliche Kraft auf dem Markt."
forza irresistibile
Transliteration: ˈfɔr.tsa ir.re.ziˈsti.bi.le
"Il cambiamento climatico rappresenta una forza irresistibile."
fuerza irresistible
Transliteration: ˈfweɾ.sa i.re.sisˈti.βle
"La globalización es una fuerza irresistible en el mundo moderno."
força irresistível
Transliteration: ˈfɔɾ.sɐ i.ʁe.ziˈstɐ.vej
"A inovação digital tornou-se uma força irresistível."
अत्यधिक शक्ति
Transliteration: atyadhik shakti
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"परिवर्तन प्रकृति की एक अत्यधिक शक्ति है।"
不可抗拒的力量
Transliteration: bù kě kǎng jù de lì liàng
Script: 中文汉字
"历史的潮流是不可抗拒的力量。"
거부할 수 없는 힘
Transliteration: geobuhal su eomneun him
Script: 한국어 한글
"기술 혁신은 거부할 수 없는 힘입니다."
抗しがたい力
Transliteration: Kōshigatai chikara
Script: 日本語
"時代的変化は抗しがたい力である。"
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