Both Uses of
irrevocable
in
1984, by Orwell
- Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other.†
p. 184.6 *irrevocable = incapable of being undone
- Even after enormous upheavals and seemingly irrevocable changes, the same pattern has always reasserted itself, just as a gyroscope will always return to equilibrium, however far it is pushed one way or the other.†
p. 201.5