inviolability
pronunciation
How to pronounce inviolability in British English:
UK [ɪnˌvaɪələ'bɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce inviolability in American English:
US [ɪnˌvaɪələ'bɪlətɪ]
Word Origin
- inviolability (n.)
- 1793, from inviolable + -ity.
Example
- 1. The concept of inviolability of private property rarely applies to the property of the poor .
- 2. Mr correa seized on an ill-advised letter from the british ambassador , which referred to a british law allowing an embassy 's inviolability to be revoked if the premises were misused .
- 3. A belief in the inviolability of chinese sovereignty is often not just their cardinal principle , but their only one .
- 4. But for a government so fiercely insistent on the inviolability of its own sovereignty , this was a big step .