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irrepressibility

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ir·re·press·i·ble  (r-prs-bl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to control or restrain: irrepressible laughter.
irre·pressi·bili·ty, irre·pressi·ble·ness n.
irre·pressi·bly adv.
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Noun1.irrepressibility - irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"
buoyancy
sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"


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Breaking so violently through the commonplaceness and formality of the age, however, they offer eloquent testimony to the irrepressibility of the romantic instinct in human nature.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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