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Our emotions aren't something we experience, but who we are. Hence the [...] to get rid of them.
I thought of the word futility but I think it denotes more 'uselessness' than impossibility?
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Some terms engineers love: infeasibility, untenability, intractability.– Dan BronApr 23, 2015 at 10:31
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1Impossibility is fine. But it should really be the impossibility of getting rid of them, and not the impossibility to get rid of them.– RegDwigнtApr 23, 2015 at 11:31
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@RegDwigнt♦ What's the difference?– wycApr 23, 2015 at 11:49
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@janoChen - My friend, I'm having trouble accepting your premise. Emotional responses can be altered. In fact, "training and discipline required" inserted into your brackets would make more sense to me. (IMHO)– OldbagApr 23, 2015 at 13:14
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@Oldbag Oh, yeah. I finally left it as "Hence the difficulty of getting rid of them."– wycApr 23, 2015 at 14:01
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If you want to convey the idea of something that is impossible to do I'd rephrase as:
Hence there is no way to get rid of them!
Futility is more "wasted action on something impossible to achieve", so it would be "Hence the futility of trying to get rid of them." in your context.
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1Hello nkjt. We're looking for answers backed up by authoritative quotes on ELU (not just correct ones) where possible. Apr 23, 2015 at 11:01