Synonyms for rigidity
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Noun
1. Inflexibility
inflexibility, stiffness, rigor US, rigour UK, strictness, hardness, severity, rigidness, sternness, inflexibleness, harshness
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.
She disliked the rigidity of the rules.
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Forms
- Plural
- rigidities → inflexibilities, stiffnesses, rigors, strictnesses…
Example sentences
- stiffness She stretched to relieve the stiffness in her back.
- rigor We learn to die with a constant rigor throughout a lifetime.
- strictness The rajah ruled his land with strictness but also wisdom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rigidity | falling | |
| stiffness | steady | |
| rigor | rising | |
| strictness | steady | |
| inflexibility | falling | |
| inelasticity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- rigor2
- 6 letters
- rigour
- 8 letters
- severity4, hardness2
- 9 letters
- stiffness2, harshness2, sternness2, rigidness
- 10 letters
- strictness
- 12 letters
- inelasticity
- 13 letters
- inflexibility6
- 14 letters
- inflexibleness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigor2 = 2 syllables).