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INFLEXIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
Synonyms:
inflexibility; rigidity; rigidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inflexibility" is a kind of...):
unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
Antonym:
flexibility (the quality of being adaptable or variable)
Derivation:
inflexible (incapable of change)
inflexible (not making concessions)
inflexible (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A lack of physical flexibility
Synonyms:
inflexibility; inflexibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inflexibility" is a kind of...):
rigidity; rigidness (the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending)
Antonym:
flexibility (the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped)
Derivation:
inflexible (resistant to being bent)
