Inflexibility synonyms

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rigidity
In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
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firmness (related)
The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.
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determination (related)
The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
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stubbornness (related)
The state of being stubborn.
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grimness
The characteristic or quality of being grim
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stiffness
Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
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stability
The ability of an object, such as a ship or aircraft, to maintain equilibrium or resume its original, upright position after displacement, as by the sea or strong winds.
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toughness
(Uncountable) The state of being tough
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inflexibleness
Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity.
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temper
Calmness of mind; composure
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induration
The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, due to inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or accumulation of blood.
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ossification
The natural process of bone formation.
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petrifaction
The condition of being petrified
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fossilization
(Figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
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glaciation
The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
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crystallization
(Uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
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obduracy
The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
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tenacity
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, - usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
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obstinacy
The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory.
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die-hardism
The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible
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implacability
The quality or state of being implacable.
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implacableness
The quality of being implacable.
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incompliance
The condition of being incompliant
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incompliancy
The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible
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inexorability
The quality or state of being inexorable.
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inexorableness
The quality of being inexorable.
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intransigence
The state of being intransigent.
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intransigency
The quality of intransigence.
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obdurateness
The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
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relentlessness
The condition of being relentless.
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remorselessness
The characteristic of lacking remorse
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rigidness
The characteristic of being rigid.
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resist (related)
A protective coating or covering.
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flexibility (antonym)
Flexibility is defined as the ability to change, to bend, or to persuade.
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inelasticity
The quality of being inflexible.
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inextensibility
The condition of being inextensible
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intransigeance
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intransigentism
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unpliability
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inefficiency (related)
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inadequacy (related)
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ineffectiveness (related)
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over-regulation (related)
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vitrification
The act or an instance of vitrifying
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Inflexibility Sentence Examples

  • Other Greek statesmen, and notably Tricoupis, had worked for a Balkan League but failed, partly, no doubt, owing to adverse circumstances, but partly also because of Greek unpreparedness for war and of the inflexibility of the Greek claims. Venizelos was, it is true, favoured by circumstances - the Balkan races just then had been drawn together in self-defence against the newly fledged tyranny of the Young Turks in Macedonia and Thrace, while the military revolt of 1909 had swept the Greek political stage clear of nearly all the corrupt parties, that hitherto had blocked the wheels of the nation's progress.

  • Essentially a man of action and a soldier, he preserved his tone of command after he had reached the throne, the inflexibility of the military chief, the conviction of his absolute right to be master.

  • The same ferocious inflexibility animated Saint-Just with reference to the external policy of France.

  • You may find boots to be one of the most bothersome pieces of ski equipment because of their inflexibility.

  • Very often, these children show signs of anxiety, such as difficulty separating from parents, moodiness, clinging behavior, inflexibility, sleep problems, frequent tantrums and crying, and extreme shyness starting in infancy.

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