Usage examples (39)

• Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.
• And before our right-wing vandals weigh in, let me ask if "inalienable" is an absolute with respect to a citizen's rights?
• The word "inalienable" was inserted to deny this, and the only possible justification for it is the existence of transcendent duties.
• Mrs Tollefsen holds aloft her adorable 22-month-old first IVF baby, Freya, as proof of what she calls her inalienable 'right to be a mum', whatever her age.