[syn: inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inflexibility \In*flex"i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
inflexibilit['e].]
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of
being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness;
rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity;
steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
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The inflexibility of mechanism. --A. Baxter.
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That grave inflexibility of soul. --Churchill.
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The purity and inflexibility of their faith. --T.
Warton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inflexibility
n 1: a lack of physical flexibility [syn: inflexibility,
inflexibleness] [ant: flexibility, flexibleness]
2: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe [syn:
inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness] [ant:
flexibility, flexibleness]