RIGIDITY

inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness

(noun) the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

rigidity, rigidness

(noun) the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

(economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

Synonyms

• rigidness

Antonyms

• flexibility

• ductility

• malleability

• softness

Source: Wiktionary

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Ri*gid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidité. See Rigid.]

1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.

2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton.

3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] Bp. Burnet.

Syn.

– Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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