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RIGIDNESS
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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 ("rigidness" is a kind of...):
unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
Derivation:
rigid (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances)
rigid (incapable of compromise or flexibility)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
Synonyms:
rigidity; rigidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rigidness" is a kind of...):
inelasticity (the lack of elasticity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rigidness"):
inflexibility; inflexibleness (a lack of physical flexibility)
Derivation:
rigid (incapable of or resistant to bending)
rigid (fixed and unmoving)
