両立不可能

INCOMPOSSIBLE（りょうりつふかのう）[/ˌɪnkəmˈpɑsəbəl/]形容詞

解説

あるものが存在するなら他方は存在できない状態。

例えばホイットマンの詩と神の慈悲。
つまり「不両立」は「不適合」の上位概念。

野蛮に「次会ったら殺す」と言う代わりに「我々は両立不可能だ」と言えば、意味は同じでも格調高い。

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Original

Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both—as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man. Incompossibility, it will be seen, is only incompatibility let loose. Instead of such low language as "Go heel yourself—I mean to kill you on sight," the words, "Sir, we are incompossible," would convey an equally significant intimation and in stately courtesy are altogether superior.

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