ineluctable (adj) - unavoidable or inescapable; unable to be avoided or prevented [in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl]
BREAKDOWN: IN- (not) + LUCT- (struggle) + -ABLE (able to be)
eluctable means avoidable or escapable
reluctant means disinclined, unwilling, or averse
“The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.” —Rebecca West