单词 | rigidity |
释义 | rigidity (once / 3414 pages) n Rigidity is a quality found in people and objects that don't bend — though they might eventually break. When we see rigidity in a person, it means they're severe, like a teacher who punishes you for being late even though you were busy saving an orphan from a polar bear. Rigidity means no bending — in that case, of the rules. Objects and substances can have rigidity as well, if they literally won't bend. Rigidity means about the same thing as inflexibility, another word that describes rock-solid, unyielding people and substances. WORD FAMILYrigidity: rigidities+/rigid: nonrigid, rigider, rigidest, rigidity, rigidly, rigidness, semirigid USAGE EXAMPLESThere are those who follow the rigidity of the system and play by the rules, and those who oppose the fascist regimes. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Not so for Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, who believes bullpens should be managed with rigidity. Los Angeles Times(Dec 07, 2016) What we were really trying to convey was the drabness, the rigidity, the sense of enclosure. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1n the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending Syn|Hypo|Hyper rigidness inflexibility, inflexibleness a lack of physical flexibility inelasticity the lack of elasticity 2n the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe Syn|Ant|Hyper inflexibility, rigidness flexibility, flexibleness the quality of being adaptable or variable unadaptability the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances |
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