rigidity
/rɪˈdʒɪdɪti
/noun [mass noun]
1Inability to be to bent or be forced out of shape: the tough substance that gives plants their rigidity...
- Asymmetric hoops alternate along the length of the bridge to give the fabric rigidity and animate the canopy's form.
- I noticed that in less than a minute afterward, his corpse had all the stern rigidity of stone.
- The carpenters applied additional laths horizontally and vertically to ensure the structure's rigidity.
2Inability to be changed or adapted: the rigidity of the school system...
- They find common ground in religion and the rigidity of the concept of the infallibility of any interpretation coming from the religious authority.
- Those arguments proceed to the rigidity and arbitrariness of imposed standards.
- It made me think of Internet advertising and the rigidity that some advertisers bring to a new medium that has truly changed the rules.
2.1Unwillingness to be adaptable in outlook, belief, or response: there was a regrettable rigidity in this decision...
- Her adherence to conventionally inflexible distinctions signals her rigidity and demonstrates her failure to adapt successfully to her new surroundings.
- His rigidity of thought means that this level of teaching must be professionally informed, monitored, and developed on a continuum at all times.
- The rigidity of his administration and congressional supporters meant that effective policymaking was impossible.
Rhymes
- permissibility
- permissible
- permissible dose
- permissibleness
- permissibly
- permission
- permissioned
- permission marketing
- permissive
- permissive action link
- permissive bill
- permissive crossing
- permissively
- permissiveness
- permissive society
- permissive waste
- permissivism
- permissivist
- permissory
- permit
- permitable
- permit me
- permittable
- permittance
- permitted hours